Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] responsible for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Genetic changes in both host and parasite were responsible for the evolved differences in virulence . |
| 2 | This department was responsible for the eventual establishment of school clinics throughout the country , but only slowly and after considerable controversy . |
| 3 | Arguments raged then , and have done so ever since , whether or not the industry was responsible for the long-term destruction of much of the Weald 's best timber . |
| 4 | By their statement of claim the council claimed , inter alia , ( i ) that the council was the county council for Derbyshire and pursuant to statute was responsible for a wide range of governmental and administrative functions in Derbyshire , and in particular the investment and control of the superannuation fund ; ( ii ) that in those issues of ‘ The Sunday Times ’ the third and fourth defendants falsely and maliciously wrote and the first and second defendants falsely and maliciously printed and published , or caused to be written , printed or published of and concerning the council and of and concerning the council in the way of its discharge of its responsibility for the investment and control of the superannuation fund ; ( iii ) by reason of the words published in the articles the council had been injured in its credit and reputation and had been brought into public scandal , odium and contempt , and had suffered loss and damage . |
| 5 | Over the years , the Schools Council was responsible for a prodigious output of reports and materials on every aspect of the school curriculum . |
| 6 | The warden was responsible for the safe keeping in the castle gaol of ordinary prisoners and political prisoners , as well as Forest offenders , and for delivering them on bail on receipt of the appropriate writ . |
| 7 | Otis engineer William Mulholland said that the lifts were checked regularly and claimed that vandalism or abuse was responsible for a large number of reported breakdowns . |
| 8 | Claims made in the early 1960s — scornfully dismissed at that time — that nuclear weapon testing was responsible for the anomalous and extreme weather and climate of that period may yet be prove to be valid . |
| 9 | A combination of mass production and the internal combustion engine was responsible for the Allied victory . |
| 10 | Mathew believed that the war was responsible for an upward trend in homosexual behaviour and , together with Herbert Morrison , a policeman 's son , Labour right-winger and Home Secretary in the Attlee Government , sought to put an end to it . |
| 11 | I DO N'T KNOW what political fringe group was responsible for the little table set up in front of the main Boston Post Office . |
| 12 | In re Polemis [ 1921 ] 3 KB 560 was wrongly decided because it had held that once liability was established , a person was responsible for the direct consequences of his acts even though these were not foreseeable . |
| 13 | So a single cold spell was responsible for a permanent change in the taste of English society in a way which is probably without parallel . |
| 14 | They drew attention to the difficulties of knowing which local authority was responsible for a particular service — especially in the county areas . |
| 15 | The report explores the effects of the warm weather " the winter of 1988/89 was the warmest in central England since 1659 " on plants and animals , although it says there is no evidence that global warming was responsible for the high temperatures . |
| 16 | The idea that the peace movement was responsible for the National Government 's policy of appeasement will not withstand examination . |
| 17 | POLICE say a young loner who claimed feminists had ruined his life was responsible for a bloody shooting spree at a Montreal university in which 14 women were killed . |
| 18 | POLICE say a young loner who claimed feminists had ruined his life was responsible for a bloody shooting spree at a Montreal university in which 14 women were killed . |
| 19 | Which in turn was responsible for the disastrous mess she was in now . |
| 20 | Taking the whole period 1978–89 ( Table 5.3 ) , manufacturing employment was responsible for the overall decline of male employment . |
| 21 | Local studies have established a direct connection between rising prices and annual illegitimacy ratios , suggesting that frustrated wedding plans rather than promiscuity were responsible for the increased number of bastards . |
| 22 | OLD , NEW , BORROWED , BLUE Fender ‘ 62 Vintage Re-issue This guitar was responsible for a spontaneous ‘ down tools ’ when it arrived here last week . |