Example sentences of "were responsible for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interior ministry sources said they suspected ultra-rightwing groups were responsible for the murder . |
| 2 | He asked whether senior officers who had resigned had given falling pollution standards as the reason and whether staff shortages were responsible for the failure to carry out half the tests that should have been performed . |
| 3 | During the 41 years of Communist rule , an as yet undisclosed number of secret police agents were involved in continuous surveillance operations against citizens and were responsible for the interrogation and harassment of dissidents . |
| 4 | It was the Howards who were responsible for the daring architectural refinements of the late sixteenth and very early seventeenth century . |
| 5 | Over in the next valley to the west lies the great park and lost house of Frampton Court , the home of the beneficent Browne family who were responsible for the building of Forston Manor . |
| 6 | ( He found it difficult to come to terms with the fact - that the Roman Catholics were responsible for the Italian classical revival in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . ) |
| 7 | Dawson and Slooten discovered that these nylon monofilament gill-nets , up to 3000 metres ( 9750 feet ) in length , were responsible for the deaths of far more dolphins than had ever been officially reported , and that the local dolphin population was in fact declining rapidly . |
| 8 | The next diplomatic process concerned the men who were responsible for the girls . |
| 9 | The Forest Justices were responsible for the enforcement of the Forest law throughout their Justiceships . |
| 10 | The agisters were responsible for the agistment of the king 's demesne woods in the forest . |
| 11 | The frescos also had high carbon levels , and these were responsible for the darkening of the paintings . |
| 12 | In 1972 it was realised that this property depended on a separate histamine receptor ( H2 ) which was different from histamine ( H1 ) receptors in the lung and elsewhere , which were responsible for the allergic action of histamine . |
| 13 | Although the petitioners realised that it was government policies which were responsible for the impoverishment of the masses , the movement did not oppose government , it appealed to it for improvements . |
| 14 | The U-boat activity and the occupation of part of France by the enemy were responsible for the food shortages , which sent prices soaring . |
| 15 | The Grand Almoner was the Archbishop of Paris , who was assisted by a vicar-general and five chaplains who were responsible for the services in the chapels of the Imperial residences . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , large areas of the Palace remained very ill-lit ; servants who were responsible for the maintenance of the oil lamps , the only means of lighting the corridors and the small dark private staircases , were obliged to circulate day and night . |
| 17 | In both cases , the ideas of a very influential but small number of people in the United States ( individuals as well as institutions ) backed by large foreign aid funds ( and a wealth of expertise , particularly in soil conservation ) , were responsible for the presence of both family planning and conservation programmes in many lesser developed countries . |
| 18 | Direct evidence was obtained that certain ovarian hormones , the oestrogens , were responsible for the growth of the breasts , both in humans and other mammals . |
| 19 | The poor spawning facilities were responsible for the lack of smaller bream , and the lack of an excess of natural food made sure a successful brood did not grow to specimen weight . |
| 20 | Throughout the 1970s , central and local government were responsible for the publication of a range of plans and reports designed to re-invigorate an area whose economic base might have disappeared , but one with tremendous opportunities and where almost 50,000 people still lived ( Ambrose , 1986 ) . |
| 21 | Whilst animal by-product and chemical plants were responsible for the most complaints , odours from manure spreading and intensive pig and poultry farms affected the largest number of local authorities as shown in Table 2 below . |
| 22 | The ‘ Masters ’ , said Dr Lawrence , were responsible for the miraculous birth and resurrection of Jesus ! |
| 23 | Responsibility for these plans was divided between the tiers of local government after reorganization so that counties , metropolitan counties and the Scottish regions were responsible for the structure plans , which were understood , at first at least , to be of strategic importance , providing the framework within which local plans might be prepared by district councils . |
| 24 | Host organisations of the service ( LEAs , Chambers of Commerce , Local Employer Organisations ) were the recipients of grants based on £5 per teacher for the area and were responsible for the local delivery of the service . |
| 25 | Would you agree that you were responsible for the sound of the ‘ new ’ Fleetwood Mac ? |
| 26 | It is clear from this that it was social and not technical factors which were responsible for the emergence of factory production . |
| 27 | These officials were responsible for the collection of revenue and the general administration of the districts where they were stationed . |
| 28 | The landing itself was fitted with two large , double-glazed skylights in the sloping ceiling , which I now realized were responsible for the light and feeling of airiness throughout the upper floors . |
| 29 | Analysis of secondary schools in the south east revealed a minority were responsible for the majority of all exclusions in the area . |
| 30 | THE NATIONAL Commission for Human Rights in Mexico maintains that ‘ it is probable ’ that chiefs of police and subordinates in Morelos State were responsible for the ‘ disappearance ’ and ‘ probable homicide ’ of Jose Ramon Garcia Gomez . |