Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] responsible for the " in BNC.
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1 | It was the Howards who were responsible for the daring architectural refinements of the late sixteenth and very early seventeenth century . |
2 | Over in the next valley to the west lies the great park and lost house of Frampton Court , the home of the beneficent Browne family who were responsible for the building of Forston Manor . |
3 | The next diplomatic process concerned the men who were responsible for the girls . |
4 | The Grand Almoner was the Archbishop of Paris , who was assisted by a vicar-general and five chaplains who were responsible for the services in the chapels of the Imperial residences . |
5 | Nevertheless , large areas of the Palace remained very ill-lit ; servants who were responsible for the maintenance of the oil lamps , the only means of lighting the corridors and the small dark private staircases , were obliged to circulate day and night . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Indeed , it is undoubtedly the Wolfenden Committee who were responsible for the generally high level of debate concerning reform of the law in this area in the following eight or nine years . |
8 | This was a fluctuating group of four or five individuals who were responsible for the literary output of the organization . |
9 | Although this rank was that of a clerk , in the Constantian period it was applied to those officials who were responsible for the minutes of the imperial consistory and some of them rose to the highest ranks . |
10 | However , it was the family of Diana 's mother , the Fermoys , with their roots in Ireland and connections in the United States , who were responsible for the acquisition of Park House , her childhood home in Norfolk . |
11 | Soviet recognition was extended to the Castro government a few days after it had taken power , but this was not reciprocated , and it appears to have been the Cubans , concerned not to give Washington any pretext for claiming that Communism had arrived in the Caribbean , who were responsible for the fact that for well over a year after the revolution the two countries did not have diplomatic ties . |
12 | Whilst in no way related , the stories of the pea and the pine serve to illustrate the many facets of plant introduction through the ages , reminding us of those thoughtful , artistic , practical and often intrepid individuals who were responsible for the plants which grace our parks and gardens today . |
13 | Although he might have seemed to be a committed Cromwellian , Blackwell like Deane supported the Wallingford House faction , led by Charles Fleetwood and John Lambert [ q.v. ] , who were responsible for the overthrow of Richard Cromwell [ q.v. ] as protector and the return of the Rump in May 1659 . |
14 | It was practised not only by Palestrina but by Animuccia , by the Mantuan court composer , the Netherlander Giaches de Wert ( 1535–96 ) , by Marc Antonio Ingegneri of Cremona ( after 1547–1592 ) and Giovanni Matteo Asola of Verona ( c. 1524–1609 ) , both probably pupils of Ruffo , by the Nanino brothers , Giovanni Maria ( c. 1545–1607 ) and Giovanni Bernardino ( c. 1560–1623 ) , and by Palestrina 's own pupils Francesco Soriano ( c. 1549–1620 ) and Felice Anerio ( 1560–1614 ) , who were responsible for the Editio Medicaea of the chant , and Felice 's younger brother Giovanni Francesco ( c. 1567–1630 ) , although the music of these younger composers reveals the impression of new ideas . |
15 | We have been warned in the most solemn terms , and a Government who were responsible for the poll tax should surely this time show some humility , some willingness to listen and learn . |
16 | At the same time , my own researches into the origins of agriculture suggest that the women who were responsible for the discovery and early development of cultivation were motivated by drives of a masculine , aggressive kind and were unlikely to tolerate lengthy breast-feeding and the demands of selfless child-care but also , like their modern equivalents , tended to develop strong narcissistic identifications with their male children ( the masculine woman 's substitute penis ) . |
17 | Further , if Rauching and Egidius were involved in inviting Gundovald to Gaul , the fact that their influence was unaffected by his defeat may explain why Gregory fails to name those members of Childebert 's court who were responsible for the invitation . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Erm the ta the the weave is based on the discovery of a seal , an seal , were the royal officials who were responsible for the quality of exported cloth . |
21 | ‘ No , you see , Lady Woodleigh , it was not Miss Abernethie who was responsible for the death of Jack who went up the hill . |
22 | Sir , I Crawford , director of ministry veterinary field services makes some most inaccurate statements ( Letters , June 28 ) concerning the state veterinary officer Mrs Laura Brough , who was responsible for the veterinary controls for a batch of imported Boer goats while they were in farm isolation in Lancashire in 1987 . |
23 | Although the early ‘ fire ’ of the Red Clydesiders lost much of its impetus in Westminster as the years went by , it was Maxton 's fellow social crusader David Kirkwood who was responsible for the announcement by Neville Chamberlain , then dealing with bits of paper as Chancellor of the Exchequer , that work was to be resumed on hull 534 in Clydebank . |
24 | These verses are on the tablet to the left , the right tablet being a celebration of the Spanish governor Pietro Giorgio Burro who was responsible for the school 's construction . |
25 | It was begun in 1608 by Fabio Mangone and completed , after his death , by Francesco Maria Richini who was responsible for the elegantly curved façade . |
26 | Inside the church there is a plaque commemorating the baptism of Alessandro Manzoni on 8 August 1785 , and a fine altar surround by Ludovico Pogliahi , who was responsible for the central doors of the Duomo . |
27 | It was Mr Thompson who was responsible for the destruction of most of the gearing in 1952 , following which he was evicted from the mill . |
28 | He mentioned to Sergeant Pope that he knew who was responsible for the murder of Oliver . |
29 | If the Emperor encouraged Haussmann by taking a personal interest in his plans , it was the Empress who worked with Alphand , a man who might well be called the gardener of Paris , for it was he who was responsible for the landscaping and planting of all the new parks . |
30 | Who was responsible for the breach of security that alerted the garrison at Benghazi has never been established . |