Example sentences of "[noun sg] were responsible for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | but erm that was erm financed of course by the Ministry of Labour at erm as the erm Education Department were responsible for the the general administration of it |
| 2 | The U-boat activity and the occupation of part of France by the enemy were responsible for the food shortages , which sent prices soaring . |
| 3 | Genetic changes in both host and parasite were responsible for the evolved differences in virulence . |
| 4 | The landowner claimed that Antonio Gilvan da Cruz and the son of the community 's political leader were responsible for the incident and at about 4am on 28 November 1990 , a group of eight armed men arrived at the Custodio house in a remote corner of the Truka land . |
| 5 | If the right hon. Gentleman were responsible for the matter , we are assured that today he would be doing exactly nothing about it . |
| 6 | THE NATIONAL Commission for Human Rights in Mexico maintains that ‘ it is probable ’ that chiefs of police and subordinates in Morelos State were responsible for the ‘ disappearance ’ and ‘ probable homicide ’ of Jose Ramon Garcia Gomez . |
| 7 | Analysis of secondary schools in the south east revealed a minority were responsible for the majority of all exclusions in the area . |
| 8 | Throughout the 1970s , central and local government were responsible for the publication of a range of plans and reports designed to re-invigorate an area whose economic base might have disappeared , but one with tremendous opportunities and where almost 50,000 people still lived ( Ambrose , 1986 ) . |
| 9 | The Government were responsible for the preservation of law and order , and must assume the responsibility of a collective decision on the risks to law and order which the abolition of the death penalty might involve . |
| 10 | It is therefore unlikely that microsporidia were responsible for the symptoms in a relevant proportion of the patients reported here , especially thse at early disease stages and those without detectable secondary infection , as intestinlam microsporidiosis is apparently associated with low CD4 counts in the peripheral blood . |
| 11 | 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 . |