Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] responsible for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Districts were created that were responsible for the basic unit structure of seven members . |
| 2 | In the Tønder example , however , the vugs occur in the subsurface on top of a salt dome , with thick units of halite above and below , and it is more probable that they were formed by the same late-leaching process that was responsible for the intercrystalline porosity ( Clark 1980a ) . |
| 3 | Lamarck , and many of his contemporaries ( including Charles Darwin himself in the later stages of his life ) , supposed that repeated use of a trait could itself change the genetic material that was responsible for the transmission of that trait so that characters acquired or improved by repeated use could be inherited directly by the offspring . |
| 4 | With hindsight , it can be appreciated that it was not the Copernican theory that was responsible for the faulty prediction , but one of Brahé 's auxiliary assumptions . |
| 5 | The party and state apparatus that was responsible for the management of the economy would be reduced to about a tenth of its present size ; and democratic practices would be revived within the CPSU , primarily through party-wide discussions and votes on major issues . |
| 6 | Perhaps the managerial talent that was responsible for the steady growth is spread too thin . |
| 7 | The fountain-head and settling tank of the aqueduct were also rebuilt ; two fragmentary inscriptions would suggest that the work was carried out by a detachment of Legio XX , possibly the same detachment that was responsible for the granaries . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It employed almost 100,000 staff directly , mainly in our social security offices , and was responsible for the National Health Service — which with almost a million staff was the largest employer in Europe . |
| 11 | The Group operated quite effectively for several years and was responsible for the production of approximately two-dozen tape-slides concerned with bibliographic instruction . |
| 12 | Kukulkan was attended by spirits of earth , water and fire , and was responsible for the sprouting of maize crops and the mating of fish — in short , in his hands he held the key to the tribe 's survival . |
| 13 | He built new cities and was responsible for the building of the new Temple in Jerusalem . |
| 14 | A consultant radiologist was nominated as the local research coordinator and was responsible for the day to day running of the study and the preliminary public relations work . |
| 15 | He had a detailed and active knowledge of a wide range of works by other artists and was responsible for the establishment of an outstanding , and now extremely valuable , collection of paintings , drawings , sculpture and other media , which is enjoyed to this day by children in Yorkshire . |
| 16 | In 1837 Gooch was appointed joint principal engineer with George Stephenson and was responsible for the line 's construction , which was his greatest achievement and required many heavy civil-engineering works , including a two-mile tunnel under the Pennine hills , the boring of which from thirteen shafts took over three years . |
| 17 | But when her brother died in 1707 , having just completed his second volume of Anthropologia Nova : or A New System of Anatomy , Judith published it , edited the text , and was responsible for the dedication that prefaced it . |
| 18 | He was appointed surveyor to the Turnpike Trustees of the London to Brighton Roads ( 1818 ) and was responsible for the construction of a tunnel ( 1823 ) and suspension bridge in Reigate . |
| 19 | He worked for the council and was responsible for the sewage outfall until we had the new drainage scheme . ’ |
| 20 | It is usually accepted that such milestones were measured from civitas capitals or cities , suggesting that by the AD 270s Water Newton had achieved this rank and was responsible for the local government of its hinterland . |
| 21 | Davies was also skilled at constructing local earthworks to prevent flooding by the Severn and his earned him his first big contract from the Montgomeryshire Public Works Engineer , Thomas Penson ( presumably the same Penson of Oswestry who worked with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway and was responsible for the design of stations including the recently refurbished Gobowen station and Shrewsbury 's joint station ) . |
| 22 | Moreover , if such an increase in chlorophyll-specific production had occurred and was responsible for the changes in zooplankton biomass , the hypothesized increase in primary productivity would have to reflect an increase in new production which , in turn , must be fuelled by a systematic increase in nutrient supply to the region . |
| 23 | In his earlier career , Patrick Dunn taught maths and was responsible for the welfare of fifth formers at this school in Bolton . |
| 24 | During the day much more broken cloud has spread across and was responsible for the sunshine and showers . |
| 25 | Gates challenged the move in the courts and , on the following day , the Los Angeles city council ( which lacked the authority to overturn the Police Commission decision , but was responsible for the settlement of lawsuits ) ordered the city attorney to settle the suit in favour of Gates . |