Example sentences of "[pron] [be] responsible for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although such improvement has been vigorously promoted by the North of Scotland College of Agriculture ( which is responsible for agricultural extension and training in the area ) , the response has , after some initial enthusiasm , been extremely disappointing . |
| 2 | Although Denmark retains responsibility for foreign affairs , the judiciary and the monetary system of the Faroe Islands , the islands have their own government ( Landsstyret or Landsstyrid ) which is responsible for internal affairs , including fisheries . |
| 3 | Although Denmark retains responsibility for the Faroe Islands in respect of foreign affairs , defence , the judiciary and the monetary system , the islands have their own government ( Landsstyret or Landsstryrid ) which is responsible for internal affairs , including fisheries . |
| 4 | There is a National Council of Ministers appointed by the AFRC , which is responsible for federal administration . |
| 5 | There is a National Council of Ministers , appointed by the AFRC , which is responsible for federal administration . |
| 6 | Sufferers who can not register with a local dentist will be referred to the Family Health Services Authority — which is responsible for dental treatment . |
| 7 | The ‘ bibliographical division ’ is divided into subject groups , each of which is responsible for professional duties in one service point of the authority , and also for all the bibliographical responsibilities in the subject field allocated to it . |
| 8 | A spokesman for Essex County Council , which is responsible for social services supporting the elderly , handicapped and those on low incomes , said it was impossible for the county council to comment on something political . |
| 9 | While for education there is a major department of state , the Department of Education and Sciences which is responsible for national policy and the relationship between the centre and the local authorities , the personal social services is only the smallest of the three policy concerns of the Department of Health and Social Security . |
| 10 | Vasectomy has no effect on the male sex organs — testes prostate gland , penis , nor on the secretion of the male sex hormone which is responsible for masculine qualities . |
| 11 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 12 | The State Security Committee ( KGB ) , which was responsible for Soviet border defences , rushed border guard reinforcements to the Azerbaijan-Iran border on Jan. 3 amid reports that attacks on border installations had spread and now threatened the entire 800 km frontier . |
| 13 | It appeared that within the organization was a secret group which was responsible for extra-legal anti-semitic ‘ excitement ’ . |
| 14 | These processes , too , are subject to political and economic analyses and are often intimately bound up with land-users who are responsible for accelerated soil erosion . |
| 15 | Yet it is these autonomous , creative , challenge-driven people who are responsible for new businesses , new techniques , new insights , new products , new buildings , new research projects and new forms of art . |
| 16 | ‘ In a free democratic society it is almost too obvious to need stating that those who hold office in government and who are responsible for public administration must always be open to criticism . |
| 17 | ‘ In a free democratic society it is almost too obvious to need stating that those who hold office in government and who are responsible for public administration must always be open to criticism . |
| 18 | ‘ In a free democratic society it is almost too obvious to need stating that those who hold office in government and who are responsible for public administration must always be open to criticism . |
| 19 | Sentencing McPherson , the judge , Lord Cameron , said he accepted that McPherson had been in some part less responsible for the violence to Mr O'Donnell that evening , but added : ‘ Nevertheless you played a full part in luring him into the hands of those who were responsible for repeated acts of a bizarre and terrible character upon him . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Having run out of excuses for the abject failure of your Government 's economic policies , ’ he said , ‘ you are now trying to pin the blame on your predecessor , in whose Government you were responsible for economic policy . ’ |
| 21 | The islands are ruled by a Governor , representing the UK sovereign , who is responsible for external affairs , defence and internal security , and presides over an eight-member Executive Council , appointed from the Legislative Council , which has seven appointed and 13 elected members . |
| 22 | Quinn 's line of thought can be traced back to earlier works such as those of Lindblom ( 1959 ) and Wrapp ( 1967 ) , but he took these general ideas and turned them into a framework for observing organization behaviour and then into practical recommendations for the chief executive who is responsible for strategic change . |
| 23 | ‘ Creators express their desires , their anxieties and their happiness : but someone who is responsible for cultural affairs must be strong and calm ’ , Mr Toubon said after his appointment . |
| 24 | Apparently Maggie is going wild trying to find out who is responsible for seasonal changes . |
| 25 | ( information officer ) who is responsible for answering members ' enquiries for information and also compiles the quarterly Bibliography . |
| 26 | Who is responsible for Compact in school ? |
| 27 | Markel was a German-educated chemist , who was responsible for significant technical improvements . |
| 28 | The list had been drawn up and presented to Cristiani by the independent Truth Commission , with responsibility under the peace agreement for ascertaining who was responsible for human rights violations during the civil war ( 1980-1991 ) . |
| 29 | The UN 's slow reaction was highlighted in the journal , Africa Confidential , which reported in August that the newly appointed UN Development Programme Emergency Representative ( who was responsible for leading emergency co-ordination ) was delayed in Kenya for three months by bureaucratic problems . |
| 30 | It is an absurdity to say that we are responsible for bogus applicants . |