Example sentences of "[was/were] responsible for [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Verity found that as many as ten government committees were responsible for coordinating the work of all the former undertakings , manufacturers , construction firms and consultants , and that , in addition to the planners , four Ministries — Fuel and Power , Labour , Supply ( responsible for manufacturers ) and Works ( responsible for construction sites ) — were involved . |
| 2 | If they did , they would be forced to answer parliamentary questions and they might find that they were responsible for feeding the refugee population . |
| 3 | Children or young people were responsible for instigating the complaint and consequently social workers and police officers were highly dependent on children 's testimonies . |
| 4 | During Hart 's time the responsibilities of the customs had been concerned only with the collection of duties and the prevention of smuggling ; Chinese officials were responsible for banking the revenue and for its use in the service of loans and other financial obligations to foreign governments for which it was security . |
| 5 | The Witcombe reservoirs ( where the Horsebere originates ) opened around 1860 and were responsible for depleting the water supply to the mill , which eventually led to its downfall . |
| 6 | During the late nineteenth century , Medical Officers of Health , in particular , contended that women going out to work were responsible for raising the infant mortality rate because they tended to bottle-feed their infants and because , by carrying them out to nurse in the early morning , they exposed them to bronchitis . |
| 7 | The party congress apologised to East Germans , saying that the previous SED leaders were responsible for plunging the country into deep crisis which threatened its existence . |
| 8 | The scientists and technicians who were responsible for running the vessel were all ranking members of the Imperial Survey Service ; but that did not mean that they had the slightest notion about running either a tight or a tidy ship . |
| 9 | Although primarily a banker ( he became Governor of the Bank of Ireland in 1820 ) Arthur Guinness the second ( 3 ) ( 1768–1855 ) was responsible for steering the company through the recessionary years following the Napoleonic Wars . |
| 10 | Where there has been a gang fight , as a result of which one of the participants is injured , it is sometimes impossible to prove who was responsible for causing the injury ( because of the general mêleé , and because of identification difficulties when the incident occurred at night ) . |
| 11 | In the cathedral he was responsible for completing the crossing and building the nave , for the reredos and sedilia of 1316–26 and the pulpitum of 1317–25 , all in the same advanced style as the wooden throne . |
| 12 | McManaman was responsible for regaining the advantage for Liverpool late in the game and one or two of Beresford 's late tackles indicated just how much Portsmouth feared him . |
| 13 | His son , Roger , may have been the richest man in Myddle upon his death in 1572 , and his grandson , William , was responsible for building the hall . |
| 14 | The third Lord of Sherborne was responsible for building the village school . |
| 15 | He held office from 1503 to 1513 and , among other things , he was responsible for building the beginning of the great Church of St Peter 's . |
| 16 | Who was responsible for getting the coffin ready , the coffin stools and hearse in position and distributing the candles ? |
| 17 | The Judge held that George was responsible for instigating the crime and jailed him for four and a half years . |
| 18 | At the same time he also became the first known clerk of Parliament and thus was responsible for beginning the compilation of the rolls of Parliament . |
| 19 | Pettitt was responsible for co-developing the firm 's pilot I/O controller . |
| 20 | He was responsible for shaping the material at his disposal into an effective unity , and the success with which he did so can be seen in the cohesion of the retinue in 1483 . |
| 21 | He was responsible for shaping the material at his disposal into an effective unity , and the success with which he did so can be seen in the cohesion of the retinue in 1483 . |
| 22 | In Bradshaw and Holmes ' study of two-parent families on benefit , the majority ( 58 per cent ) of the couples reported that the woman was responsible for managing the money ( Bradshaw and Holmes , 1989 ) . |
| 23 | Another son , or perhaps grandson , was responsible for seizing the fortress of Masada on the outbreak of the revolt in A.D. 66 . |
| 24 | Financial operations were mainly handled , until Yorkist times , by the Exchequer , which was responsible for collecting the King 's revenue , banking his liquid wealth , if any , arranging for payments to his creditors , and auditing official accounts . |
| 25 | Mahmoud was responsible for collecting the evidence , deciding whether there was a case , and then carrying through prosecution . |
| 26 | In the meantime another Archbishop of Canterbury , Stephen Langton , who was responsible for lifting the interdict , returned to this country . |
| 27 | Peter Shore soon invited me to become a member of the Docklands Committee which was responsible for planning the redevelopment of the Wapping area . |
| 28 | The Twining Model Co. was responsible for making the mincer , the weighing machine and the coffee grinder on the table . |
| 29 | He then was responsible for salting the venison and packing it in barrels , and keeping it safe until required , or sending it wherever the king wanted it . |
| 30 | If we ask who was responsible for defeating the drift towards popery and arbitrary government under James II , the answer has to be the Tory-Anglican establishment . |