Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] responsible for the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 On Nov. 6 , he took on the post of Prime Minister , thus becoming responsible for the Interior , Defence , and Russian KGB .
2 Significantly , he also became responsible for the development of the Board 's Chapter III provision in rural areas .
3 He will now become responsible for the development of financial strategy and control throughout the Northumbrian group .
4 I became chief executive in 1971 and I then became responsible for the implementation of the plan .
5 When he returned at the beginning of December 1340 Edward had immediately dismissed the home council , Robert Stratford , who was bishop of Chichester and chancellor , among them ; Archbishop Stratford , then held responsible for the home government 's failure , was ordered to Louvain as a hostage for the payment of the allies , while the dismissal and prosecution of other ministers and officials — mostly clerics — was set in motion .
6 In the case of a sale of leasehold property where the lessor 's licence to assign is required , the form of licence sometimes requires signing of a counterpart licence by the seller , and frequently by the buyer too , whereby the latter explicitly becomes responsible for the tenant 's covenants in the lease ; this is a reminder in case the seller must execute the document .
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