Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] responsible for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | but erm that was erm financed of course by the Ministry of Labour at erm as the erm Education Department were responsible for the the general administration of it |
| 3 | Surrey were responsible for the 1980 Reunion and Kent for Crystal Palace in 1979 . |
| 4 | The U-boat activity and the occupation of part of France by the enemy were responsible for the food shortages , which sent prices soaring . |
| 5 | In 1988 eight inspectors were responsible for the safety of 123 installations in the North Sea , including annual inspections , investigations of accidents and criminal prosecutions . |
| 6 | Genetic changes in both host and parasite were responsible for the evolved differences in virulence . |
| 7 | The plan was the same as theirs , ‘ with some slight variations ’ , so Buxton was responsible for the Gothic elevations only . |
| 8 | Sociologists have absolutely no way of telling whether any supernatural ( or sub-natural ) Person or force was responsible for the conversion . |
| 9 | This one-man effort had its advantages , for it meant that one mind was responsible for the training , rather like the method which our Lord followed with his disciples , or the Buddha with his . |
| 10 | This department was responsible for the eventual establishment of school clinics throughout the country , but only slowly and after considerable controversy . |
| 11 | He maintained that Mr. S. was responsible for the operation of the computer and producing an invoice with the discount recorded upon it . |
| 12 | He maintained that Mr. S. was responsible for the operation of the computer and for producing an invoice with that discount recorded upon it . |
| 13 | Arguments raged then , and have done so ever since , whether or not the industry was responsible for the long-term destruction of much of the Weald 's best timber . |
| 14 | In pursuing their brand of communism , the Khmers Rouges were responsible for the deaths of perhaps Im people , a seventh of the population . |
| 15 | The national security law was responsible for the fears of a police state . |
| 16 | David Chambers of Le Meridien was responsible for the foie gras starter , Vaughan Archer of the London Hilton for the broth of scallops , Martin Davies of Brown 's Hotel for the wild salmon stuffed with tomato and cream courgettes . |
| 17 | A strong belief exists in Ulster that British intelligence was responsible for the emergence of the secret Ulster Freedom Fighters in the late summer of 1973 . |
| 18 | Sinan was responsible for the transformation of the Hagia Sophia , the former church of the Emperor Justinian , into Istanbul 's great mosque , but created many other sacred and profane buildings throughout his long life . |
| 19 | Growth in gold mining activities during the 1930s continued , and by 1939 , JCI was responsible for the administration of seven major gold mining companies producing on an annual basis , nearly 20 per cent of the total gold output in South Africa at that time . |
| 20 | For example in the academic year 1984–85 one local education authority in the North East of England was responsible for the following types of school within the area it administered : — |
| 21 | The Foreign Office earned plaudits for roping in so many ministers ( a total bag of 80 ) , while Mr Ridley 's visit to China in January was responsible for the important participation of the Chinese . |
| 22 | The warden was responsible for the safe keeping in the castle gaol of ordinary prisoners and political prisoners , as well as Forest offenders , and for delivering them on bail on receipt of the appropriate writ . |
| 23 | The warden was responsible for the conduct of the foresters of fee : on a number of occasions he seized their bailiwicks because of their misconduct . |
| 24 | Gian Galeazzo Visconti was responsible for the construction of a set of canals — here at the lowest point of the Lombardy Plain — and initiated the building of one of the wonders of Italy , the Duomo . |
| 25 | Walter Sisulu , the veteran ANC activist and member of the ANC executive , on March 9 denied allegations made in the South African Parliament and press that the ANC was responsible for the protests sweeping the homelands , which he said were popular revolts against repressive dictatorships . |
| 26 | Since Andrew Storey was responsible for the expensive importation of Carl Krantz by the sponsors , there was obviously a good chance that he would be doing his public relations stuff in their tent . |
| 27 | Claims made in the early 1960s — scornfully dismissed at that time — that nuclear weapon testing was responsible for the anomalous and extreme weather and climate of that period may yet be prove to be valid . |
| 28 | A combination of mass production and the internal combustion engine was responsible for the Allied victory . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ( 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 . ) |