Example sentences of "[be] responsible for [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're responsible for some of its troubles — all right . |
| 2 | These ‘ ills ’ of industrial society are responsible for much of the illness experienced by its members . |
| 3 | The women are the vessels of a better spirit ; the injury to them is greater , and it is their own men who are responsible for some of that injury . |
| 4 | A fan of Arthur Rimbaud and The Velvet Underground , his band The Centre are responsible for some of the best rock produced in the Soviet Union , and also for introducing Moscow to punk and new wave music . |
| 5 | Local councillors — some 25,000 men and women throughout Britain — are responsible for some of our most important public services . |
| 6 | The propellers are responsible for most of a hovercraft 's noise , especially the tearing sound made as the blade tips approach the speed of sound . |
| 7 | However , because sulphur compounds are responsible for most of these effects it is very difficult to distinguish between the effects of pollution originating from local as opposed to distant sources ( refer to section 2.1 ) . |
| 8 | Power plants are responsible for most of the pollution : they account for about 90 per cent of all the emissions of sulphur dioxide , 40 per cent of nitrogen dioxide and around 60-70 per cent of dust . |
| 9 | Already the Next Steps agencies are responsible for half of the staff undertaking the work of government ministries . |
| 10 | Rockfall has been responsible for many of the accidents in the range this year , despite the predictable statement from the Chamonix Guides that most were due to incompetence — an inevitable trait of those not climbing with a guide ! |
| 11 | As will be seen in Chapter 6 , however , some of these isolates have been responsible for many of the revolutionary advances in scientific knowledge . |
| 12 | Jane Bywaters , who has been responsible for much of the exhibition , said : ‘ We need to give people information so that they can make up their own minds about food and not be dictated to by the media and media events . ’ |
| 13 | Payne , Whitson and Varga are believed to have been responsible for much of the consortium 's recent sales of its catalogue and anti-NT white paper , a source of revenue . |
| 14 | The Government have been responsible for much of the secrecy surrounding many of their policies . |
| 15 | MGM had been responsible for some of the worst quota quickie outrages , and its new willingness to finance British-based production was the result of legislative changes which brought American companies deeper into British film production . |
| 16 | From its early involvement in the fated Windscale piles , the UKAEA has been responsible for most of the key decisions in the history of British nuclear technology . |
| 17 | They accepted the claims without question and assumed , equally without question , that the detained paramilitary men from the Rathcoole district had been responsible for both of the specified shooting atrocities . |
| 18 | A State Department spokesman said that according to the US-led task force , coalition forces had not been responsible for any of the deaths . |
| 19 | I must admit I really enjoyed working with him , and we did tracks like ‘ The Laughing Gnome ’ and I have to say , I am one of the gnomes on that record and am responsible for some of the terrible jokes on it as well . |
| 20 | The wrong sort of chair may be responsible for many of our backaches today . |
| 21 | He concludes : ‘ such a process might be responsible for many of the phenomena of Earth Mysteries , indeed for most paranormal events which , like the salmon , are often extremely elusive . ’ |
| 22 | We may not personally be responsible for many of the barriers in society that disabled people we work with have to face . |
| 23 | Planning has been taking place on this restructure for some months now with close liaison between RAFM and the Aircraft Salvage and Transportation Flight at Abingdon , who will be responsible for all of the dismantling and moving of the airframes . |
| 24 | I mean , there are many , many cases of injustice around the world and , the West , the British government , ca n't be responsible for all of them , but there 's , there 's one particular case of Iraq , where we 've already gone to war , to , in the cause of democracy and freedom , and I do n't believe that when Saddam offends again as he does day by day , we can turn a blind eye . |
| 25 | Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire . |
| 26 | I first realised that herbs could reproduce this effect — ; and later wondered if a lack of them could be responsible for some of the diseases that seem particular to fish of this area . |
| 27 | A further 7 per cent ( 31 ) of ulcers occurred above the gaiter area ; trauma may be responsible for some of these , particularly those on the anterior aspect , but the aetiological pattern of ulcers occurring in this region have been found to be so varied that positive aetiological indicators can not be identified from the ulcer site alone . |
| 28 | Thermoelastic effects also exist in metals and were shown by Zener ( 1948 ) to be responsible for some of the relaxation processes found in metals . |
| 29 | Hydro-electric power will still be the main source of renewable energy in the year 2000 and will also be responsible for most of the growth in usage of renewable sources mainly by virtue of projects in South America . |
| 30 | They recommended , therefore , seven regional authorities which would be responsible for most of the major local authority services and thirty-seven district authorities . |