Example sentences of "been responsible for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This is a very lethal condition and has been responsible for a great many accidents and much loss of life .
2 Malherbe may well have been responsible for a new approach apparent in vol.9 and in most of those from vol.1 onwards , which contain none of the serious distortions outlined above .
3 Chang was alleged to have been responsible for a 1976 letter-bomb attack which had injured Taiwan 's Governor , Shieh Tung-min .
4 It goes without saying that the definition has been responsible for a major literature .
5 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev is probably one of the most well-known of all Soviet aircraft designers and his OKB has been responsible for a wide variety of aircraft types .
6 Klein had been responsible for a controversial sale to the Daimler-Benz engineering firm of city-owned land in central Berlin , and had co-operated closely with the Treuhand agency responsible for administering and selling-off state-owned industrial property in eastern Germany .
7 We all know that what he terms his ’ meandering ’ round private Bills has been responsible for a good deal of heartache and not a little management time in British Rail spent trying to meet some of his objections .
8 The result was that they received both a big two-year increase and a pay review body which has since been responsible for a further substantial increase in their salaries .
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