Example sentences of "[pers pn] responsible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I responsible for that ? |
| 2 | Even less am I responsible for what is said by the Minister of State . |
| 3 | I 'm holding you responsible for this young lady . |
| 4 | I 'll hold you responsible for the clan while I 'm away . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ being the person in charge ’ This point is usually proved by asking the person suspected of parking or causing the vehicle to be parked in the offending position ‘ Are you responsible for this vehicle being left in this position ? ’ |
| 6 | Making a decision makes you responsible for what happens afterwards . |
| 7 | ‘ Are you responsible for these cars ? ’ |
| 8 | Were you responsible for working out the amount of the feed that the |
| 9 | The letter , from Oxfordshire County Council 's engineering department , said : ’ I understand you are the owner of the vehicle involved and therefore must inform you that the council holds you responsible for the costs of repairs arising from this incident . ’ |
| 10 | Were you responsible for the horse or were you a cattle man ? |
| 11 | It has been loosely referred to as any mode of policing other than the rapid-response crime control type ; an alternative which specifically seeks to make constables part of the community by making them responsible for a geographical area , known as ‘ permanent ’ or ‘ home ’ beats ; a means of developing communication between the police and the local community ; and a process by which responsibility for crime control and prevention is shared with the community , both also known as ‘ community relations ’ ( Weatheritt 1983 : 4–5 ) . |
| 12 | One county , Kopparberg , has handed over most of its budget to family doctors and made them responsible for buying services from competing providers . |
| 13 | Nobody would now hold them responsible for the Revolution in France , but the Encyclopedie , which Diderot inaugurated ( and edited with D'Alembert ) and to which he contributed hundreds of articles himself , undermined the authority of the regime , and argued for a re-ordering of society on rational grounds . |
| 14 | Making them responsible for keeping each other awake at this stage restored a sense of group cohesion and of common purpose , although from this point on some serious changes in behaviour seem to have occurred , marked by emotional outbursts , grossly impolite eating habits and what the authors of the report describe as an " infantilization of personal habits … including toilet and bathing activities " . |
| 15 | In his Autumn Statement in November 1989 the Chancellor of the Exchequer accused local authorities of ‘ massive overspending ’ , and held them responsible for the fact that public expenditure for 1989/90 was expected to be £1 billion higher than originally planned . |
| 16 | Finally , some key workers were apprehensive because they saw care programming as one step towards making them responsible for purchasing care , like budget-holding care managers in some social services authorities . |
| 17 | South Korean President Roh Tae Woo dismissed two members of his Cabinet and the governor of North Chungchong province on Sept. 19 , after holding them responsible for the massive damage which resulted from severe flooding earlier in the month in Seoul and the central region of the country . |
| 18 | It is useful , when several people have to get together to collaborate on an activity , to make one of them responsible for seeing that this is done and done at the right time . |
| 19 | Obviously they can not be expected to vet all the publications they sell , and it would be grossly unfair to hold them responsible for libels of which they could have no knowledge . |
| 20 | Twenty six men , all of them responsible for sexual abuse of children , are due to be treated here . |
| 21 | That 's why I 'm allowed to swim in the secret pool — a reward because her mother made me responsible for Aleena whenever she 's on the Mantela . ’ |
| 22 | As heir to the droit morale and guardian of the Magritte estate , Charly Herscovici explained that ‘ Inheriting this intellectual property makes me responsible for protecting the artist and his work , and ensuring that it is handed down for posterity . |
| 23 | ‘ You ca n't surely hold me responsible for that . ’ |
| 24 | And as far as I 'm concerned , that makes me responsible for your safety . ’ |
| 25 | You knew perfectly well that he held me responsible for Eddie 's death as well as other things ! ’ |
| 26 | Scott gave Ruskin little praise in his later writings and held him responsible for the introduction of the ‘ Italian mania ’ into the Gothic Revival . |
| 27 | Mr Nicklin , a 48-year-old insurance manager , was kept captive for two years by the Saudis , who held him responsible for the debts of his American-owned firm . |
| 28 | Charles has taken vows before God making him responsible for the Christian upbringing of the child . |
| 29 | He is designated Commander-in-Chief , making him responsible for the safety of US troops abroad and for dealing with any threat to the nation 's security at home . |
| 30 | The onset of World War I made him responsible for the design and erection of explosives plant for the Ministry of Munitions , as well as plants for heavy chemicals , dyestuffs , intermediates , and synthetic drugs which , until that time , had been imported from Germany . |