Example sentences of "responsible for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The function of the male is the guard the territory and to keep all intruders away ; meanwhile the female — or females , as males will maintain a harem if given several females — tends the eggs and wrigglers , and is responsible for their immediate safety when they emerge from the cave . |
| 2 | It is difficult to distinguish cause and effect ; and even if we could be sure that the low level of orienting in the pre-exposed subjects was responsible for their retarded conditioning , it would still be necessary to explain why it is that the OR should return when reinforced training begins . |
| 3 | Giardiasis is especially common in infants and children and may be responsible for their retarded growth and failure to thrive . |
| 4 | The degree of overlap of supervision is a problem , with for example , the Bank of England responsible for the supervision of the banking system as a whole , whilst the SROs are responsible for their various investment activities . |
| 5 | This was achieved by a religious ritual which may have stemmed from one in which the original parricides mutilated themselves ( and especially the organ which was responsible for their incestuous desires ) out of remorse and guilt at what they had done and in mourning for the primal father . |
| 6 | So British ministers are now trying to decide whether also to force British industry to recycle its waste packaging ( and perhaps other used products , too : Germany is proposing to make its car and electronics industries responsible for their worn-out goods ) . |
| 7 | Margaret McLaren , Britannia Life 's American investments manager responsible for their top-performing £15m fund , said : ‘ We still look favourably on the American market which generally rises in an election year but is down so far this year . |
| 8 | More than anything else , it seems that the single , thin , black line of tesserae which delineates the eight semi-hidden petals in mosaic 7 is responsible for their angular appearance . |
| 9 | One focus of discontent did raise the issue onto a more general level when it was argued that it was the southern origins of the planning officials which.were responsible for their unsympathetic approach to Orkney 's housing preferences . |
| 10 | This approach could end the long-running battle between the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trade Commission over which agency should be responsible for which new products . |
| 11 | Also , he does not adequately discuss how to relate those critical success factors in a logically connected way through a model for improving competitive strength in a specific situation , and fails to recognize that it is essential for a strategic analysis to indicate who is responsible for which central success factor . |
| 12 | But the Princess Sabatini was no more responsible for her egotistical grandson than she was for tonight 's overblown charity event . |
| 13 | While referring to Wayne 's persistent ex-girlfriend ( Twin Peaks ' Lara Flynn Boyle , very funny ) , his subtitles read : ‘ The irony is , I feel partly responsible for her self-nullifying behaviour . ’ |
| 14 | I was responsible for her very existence and her every form came straight out of my heart . ’ |
| 15 | The 1834 Act had made the mother wholly responsible for her illegitimate child so that the privileges of marriage would not be extended to the undeserving . |
| 16 | It was Tess who worried and worked and felt responsible for her little brothers and sisters . |
| 17 | Practice Rule 15(2) ( a ) says , however , " Every solicitor in private practice shall , unless it is inappropriate in the circumstances ensure that clients know the name and status of the person responsible for the day to day conduct of the matter and the principal responsible for its overall supervision " . |
| 18 | Each sector was made responsible for its net revenue results ; previously , there had been no responsibility for overall profit and loss below the level of the chief executive . |
| 19 | Each company is responsible for its annual return . |
| 20 | He quoted from it frequently in his letters , and he was responsible for its wide dissemination in England . |
| 21 | Palmer himself edited the Church Times from its foundation until his retirement in 1887 , besides being responsible for its general direction and management . |
| 22 | A certain amount of attention is paid to colonialism in seeking an explanation for the political power of the bureaucracy in post-colonial states , and in particular its ‘ overdevelopment ’ in relation to other political institutions , since the role assigned to bureaucracy under colonialism is widely reckoned to be responsible for its present dominance . |
| 23 | It is not merely the northerly situation of Champagne which is responsible for its unique climate , the region is also influenced by the Atlantic . |
| 24 | Does he think that such an argument will help him , given that the objections come from the doctors , nurses and auxiliaries , who are themselves the health of the hospital , and who will be responsible for its continuing health ? |
| 25 | As director of the Institute of Child Health from 1946 he was responsible for its rapid development and for the innovative departments of growth and development , and tropical medicine . |
| 26 | 1 April 1992 saw the introduction of the government 's new Duty of Care regulations under which most companies who produce or handle waste will become directly responsible for its safe management from ‘ cradle to grave ’ . |
| 27 | But as inspector of constabulary he would be responsible for its proper conduct . |
| 28 | He learned that that school would shortly be closing : the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury , as the body responsible for its denominational education in Stockport , planned to build a new comprehensive secondary school in Cheadle , St. James 's , and to convert St. Michael 's on Nangreave Road into a Sixth Form College . |
| 29 | And that volcanic streak was responsible for his rash announcement last December to retire after he was sent off and banned for four games at his last French club , Nimes . |
| 30 | ‘ That means I 'm responsible for his spiritual welfare . |