Example sentences of "[was/were] responsible for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , he failed to appreciate that the conspicuous consumption which was the fruit of successful emulation was not as invariably absurd as he made out , or that in the course of history world-wide they were responsible for the greatest architecture and other manifestations of high art . |
| 2 | By the late nineteenth century , peasant farmers were responsible for the great bulk of farm produce , whether on allotment land belonging to the commune or on private land bought or rented from the nobility . |
| 3 | It was the Howards who were responsible for the daring architectural refinements of the late sixteenth and very early seventeenth century . |
| 4 | This phenomenon has been reproduced in a rat model of ethanol feeding and subsequent lipid analyses indicated that accumulated cholesteryl esters were responsible for the morphologic changes observed . |
| 5 | Genetic changes in both host and parasite were responsible for the evolved differences in virulence . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Some of the earliest English churches , minsters containing communities of secular ( i.e. non-monastic ) priests , were responsible for the spiritual welfare of a sizeable surrounding area , perhaps sometimes as large as fifteen modern parishes . |
| 8 | At grouping in 1923 , the smaller railway companies , who in many cases were responsible for the rural railway feeders , were bought out , and often their lines were closed and lifted . |
| 9 | This evidence suggests that social rather than biological mechanisms were responsible for the traditional status of blacks in the USA . |
| 10 | At the coal face , the butties were responsible for the actual mining processes , overseen by colliery company officials ; the butties were in charge of organizing and paying for the winning of coal , though not in all cases for its transport to the pithead . |
| 11 | Surrey were responsible for the 1980 Reunion and Kent for Crystal Palace in 1979 . |
| 12 | They were responsible for the complete show , which was why stories of stars giving notes to other actors or ordering changes in sets and costumes were not just examples of megalomania , but the desire to maintain the overall standard of whatever production they put their names to . |
| 13 | In most countries , the railways were responsible for the speedy and cheap distribution from countryside to town of slaughtered meat , fresh fruit and vegetables , and fresh milk , and from the coast to the town of fresh fish . |
| 14 | Districts were created that were responsible for the basic unit structure of seven members . |
| 15 | There was erm , a great reduction in corporate activity but corporate finance kept very busy er , with their value services and money raising and er , we were responsible for the National Power flotation and the disposal of Gratton . |
| 16 | Host organisations of the service ( LEAs , Chambers of Commerce , Local Employer Organisations ) were the recipients of grants based on £5 per teacher for the area and were responsible for the local delivery of the service . |
| 17 | The exception is Royal Berkshire , who were responsible for the dramatic removal of last season 's champions David Lloyd Slazenger Heston in the regional rounds . |
| 18 | that can be used for actually doing , doing the recycling on each of those , and and I would like to say that that this , this report had been erm prepared jointly by officers of the Transportation Department who were responsible for the operational side and wi and the officers and regulation side of , of the Authority Planning Environment Department and therefore the comments in the air have been shared between erm both sides er what I would like to say is that as well as the recycling activities which are carried out in our household waste facilities of glass , paper , waste - oil , etc. , er there are we have in the last twelve months started two initiatives which I think will fall in into erm the , the first part - composting . |
| 19 | This was a fluctuating group of four or five individuals who were responsible for the literary output of the organization . |
| 20 | ( He found it difficult to come to terms with the fact - that the Roman Catholics were responsible for the Italian classical revival in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . ) |
| 21 | I , I actually think they probably did use up all that was possible available to them at the time , and so , in some ways , this is against the spirit of the policy , although the policies have been changed , and I hear what Councillor said about improvement to the place , and so I do n't think we 'd serve any useful purpose in stopping these people doing this , because they 're probably not the people who were responsible for the flagrant disobeying of the rules at the time . |
| 22 | In 1972 it was realised that this property depended on a separate histamine receptor ( H2 ) which was different from histamine ( H1 ) receptors in the lung and elsewhere , which were responsible for the allergic action of histamine . |
| 23 | Whilst animal by-product and chemical plants were responsible for the most complaints , odours from manure spreading and intensive pig and poultry farms affected the largest number of local authorities as shown in Table 2 below . |
| 24 | A small group of wealthy men were responsible for the day-to-day management of community affairs , and owned a disproportionate share of the property — some 40 per cent being owned by only 5 per cent of the inhabitants . |
| 25 | The ‘ Masters ’ , said Dr Lawrence , were responsible for the miraculous birth and resurrection of Jesus ! |
| 26 | Now erm for some reason or other we were responsible for the accredited Poultry Breeding Station Scheme which was erm initiated by the Department of Education or the Ministry of Education as it was then at that stage . |
| 27 | The Burgundians thought that eating too many potatoes caused leprosy , the Prussians believed that they were responsible for the dreaded consumption , whilst the Russians simply said that they were food sent from the devil . |
| 28 | This continued to operate in the Treasury though no attempt was made to coordinate its activities with the Economic Section of the Cabinet Office which was responsible for the Economic Survey . |
| 29 | Finance Minister Thelmo Vargas , who was responsible for the economic austerity policies introduced in June 1990 [ see p. 37527 ] , resigned on Nov. 3 . |
| 30 | It had been operating a Ro-Ro service from inside the locks and undoubtedly was responsible for the major part of the heavy goods vehicle traffic . |