Example sentences of "responsible for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bran the Blessed — some say he was a Celtic God , some a virtuous king — is really responsible for the legend of the ravens . |
| 2 | More fundamentally , it is the high proportion of immigrants in this school which is responsible for the lowering of standards . |
| 3 | Mr A. D. Williams of Dundee , Chairman of the Group 's Sub-Committee responsible for the issue of statistics , reported to the meeting that a system had been devised for the collection of statistics from the various Centres . |
| 4 | Motorola Inc is reportedly concerned the move will fuel suggestions that the 88000 RISC chip is dead even though it may be at least partially responsible for the short-fall in 88open 's funding . |
| 5 | He is responsible for the default of his servant , his wife , his guest or one entering his house with his leave and for his independent contractor . |
| 6 | Essentially these latter groups of parishes provided a nucleus and recruitment to the fyrd , the local militia responsible for the defence of the kingdom . |
| 7 | The English manner of waging war , that of the chevauchée , the raid carried out largely by mounted soldiers ( who were thus fully mobile ) through the enemy 's countryside , with the intention of pillaging enemy property , destroying crops , and thereby creating an air of insecurity , could not be allowed to continue too long unchallenged , since such an exercise undermined ( as it was intended to do ) the authority of the king of France , who was responsible for the defence of his people . |
| 8 | Armed forces : The Netherlands is responsible for the defence of the Netherlands Antilles . |
| 9 | Armed forces : the Netherlands is responsible for the defence of the Netherlands Antilles . |
| 10 | It was far better that Britain should remain primarily responsible for the defence of the region , and that the two powers should have working understandings where necessary — provided the Americans avoided guilt by association with " colonialism " in the minds of the Arabs . |
| 11 | WACC has been responsible for the conceptualisation of training programmes in ‘ alternative journalism ’ and has given the impetus for the implementation of a series of practical workshops . |
| 12 | The Author shall be responsible for the preparation of the Work and in particular the Author shall |
| 13 | The Authors shall be responsible for the preparation of the Work and in particular the Authors shall |
| 14 | Head teachers may find it helpful to consider the format now being commended by some local authorities to the officers responsible for the preparation of the committee reports . |
| 15 | While we shall be responsible for the preparation of the memorandum on your behalf , you should appreciate that we will not attempt to verify its factual accuracy . |
| 16 | Whilst we shall be responsible for the preparation of the memorandum , you should appreciate that we will not attempt to verify its contents . |
| 17 | The party responsible for the preparation of the completion accounts will be the Warrantors . |
| 18 | The party responsible for the preparation of the completion accounts will be the Warrantors . |
| 19 | As described above the Directors are responsible for the preparation of the accounts . |
| 20 | When it came , the eruption was of massive proportions and deposited a great thickness of ash which completely buried the town , and it set off great tidal waves which may have been responsible for the termination of the Minoan civilization by ravaging the coastal towns all around Crete . |
| 21 | He also continued his mother 's religious benefactions , and was largely responsible for the splendour of the great Border abbeys at Melrose , Kelso , Jedburgh and Dryburgh . |
| 22 | Therefore , HDL may be responsible for the return of cholesterol from the periphery to the liver where mature HDL particles are recognised by hepatocyte receptors , leading to uptake and finally degradation for biliary excretion of cholesterol ( Tall & Small , 1978 ) . |
| 23 | This is the physical mechanism responsible for the increase of surface charge density in the presence of a dielectric . |
| 24 | All that shows beyond reasonable doubt that eggs were not responsible for the increase in food poisoning , which has gone up 36 per cent this year , despite an overall 24 per cent drop in egg consumption and the 700,000 birds slaughtered . |
| 25 | A much more specific fear was that young people would be provoked into imitative crime by the daring exploits witnessed on the screen , and the National Council of Public Morals addressed itself with particular vigour to the belief ‘ that the picture house is responsible for the increase in juvenile crime , and that boys are often led to imitate crimes ( larceny or burglary ) which they have seen in the pictures , or to steal money that they may pay for admission , . |
| 26 | In other words , Big Bang was not responsible for the increase in volatility since the crash . |
| 27 | Individuals , by the force of their personalities , are held responsible for the breaking of truces : ‘ It was thanks to [ the Pope ] at any rate , that [ the truce ] was broken . |
| 28 | What Thucydides means is that the Spartans were immediately responsible for the breaking of the treaty/libations — but that Athenian dynamism was behind it all . |
| 29 | Sinan was responsible for the transformation of the Hagia Sophia , the former church of the Emperor Justinian , into Istanbul 's great mosque , but created many other sacred and profane buildings throughout his long life . |
| 30 | The actual construction of factories has been delegated to two agencies : the Industrial Estates Corporation , responsible for rural areas that are also assisted areas in terms of regional policy ( such as parts of Scotland , Wales , the North and the South West ) , and COSIRA , responsible for the remainder of the country . |