Example sentences of "[pron] [be] responsible for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And that 's important to us because we can give erm people who are responsible for a particular department full and immediate access to the data which relates only to their department and not the wider organization .
2 In those days there was a small core of paid research staff who were responsible for a large number of countries — if you did the Soviet Union , you were also responsible for Eastern Europe and half of Western Europe as well ! ’
3 This point includes a person who falsely reports that he knows who is responsible for a particular crime or where stolen property etc. is hidden .
4 This problem is often associated with a lack of clear guidance as to who is responsible for a particular software area , rather than any mischievous intent on behalf of the recipients .
5 This problem is often associated with a lack of clear guidance as to who is responsible for a particular software area , rather than any mischievous intent on behalf of the recipients .
6 Every person who is responsible for a defamatory publication is a candidate for a writ : author , editor , informant , printer , proprietor and distributor .
7 Many of these enterprises are controlled by external corporations or by a landed élite that comprises only a small proportion of the population , and while they are responsible for a great deal of environmental degradation they provide little benefit to the majority of the indigenous people .
8 Last week , they were responsible for A Wanted Man ( BBC 2 ) , a powerful trilogy of plays by Malcom McKay about the police interrogation , trial and attempted rehabiliation of a murderer .
9 A subordinate must know to which superior he is responsible for a particular aspect of his duties ;
10 He was responsible for a major reform of Government administration , including a new public service act , which helped to facilitate the rapid localisation of the civil service .
11 Topstock paused for a moment and then said , ‘ I think he was responsible for a good many of the Society 's priests .
12 In the meantime , I think David had come to realize that he was responsible for an enormous amount of business at RCA in the United Kingdom — something like 4% of their total gross was David Bowie products — and he was making an enormous amount of money but he did n't have anything .
13 through the activities of SCOTVEC Field Officers , each of whom is responsible for a certain group of centres within a designated geographical area .
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