Example sentences of "[adv] responsible for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We feel that her relationship with Bill was entirely responsible for her sickness . ’ |
| 2 | The early Turbomeca Marbore IIs fitted to G-FUGA are unsophisticated single-stage centrifugal-compressor straight turbojets with minimal automatic controls , so the pilot is entirely responsible for their well-being at low rpm , and woe betide him if he tries to hurry them . |
| 3 | Some people take exception to this on the ground that it may imply that women generally have weaker characters and are less responsible for their behaviour . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , advance he did , and so the time came for his Bar Mitzvah , at 13 years of age , by which every Jewish boy technically becomes adult ( i.e. morally responsible for his actions ) , a ‘ son of the law ’ . |
| 5 | Duncan looked at him , immediately disliking the pin-striped civilian who was obviously responsible for his present situation . |
| 6 | Thus the responsibility for unemployment would be seen to lie with the unemployed , who would then be seen to be personally responsible for their own unemployment , poverty , etc . |
| 7 | The first is that when a property is subject to restrictive covenants , it is bad practice to burden the title with a fresh covenant to observe them , unless it is really necessary to protect a seller , who will remain personally responsible for their observance . |
| 8 | Although there is a powerful chain reaction or ‘ knock-on ’ effect , each individual is personally responsible for his or her decision within the total group dynamic . |
| 9 | In practice , the division may be honoured more in the breach than the observance ; the first Church Commissioner ( who is broadly responsible for its financial as distinct from political or pastoral duties ) is also chairman of the CBF . |
| 10 | Spracklen , who is 52 and lives in Marlow , has been largely responsible for their revival , believing them as valid today as they were 100 years ago . |
| 11 | Ross organized the patent distillers ' campaign and was largely responsible for their victory before the royal commission on whisky that reported in 1909 . |
| 12 | He viewed the establishment of mutual recognition and trust as a prerequisite for the future prosperity of the region and was largely responsible for its realisation with the creation of the non-Islamic Republic of Indonesia . |
| 13 | Sad that his country had fallen from the top of the European industrial league , to joint eighth out of nine , and bitter toward the foolish leaders who had been largely responsible for its decline . |
| 14 | He was largely responsible for its recognition in the West : by his pioneering studies in ancient Indian art , such as Indian Sculpture and Painting ( 1908 ) and The Ideals of Indian Art ( 1911 ) ; by encouraging the fledgling Bengal School with sustained writings on its behalf ; and finally by helping to found the India Society with ( Sir ) William Rothenstein [ q.v. ] , for many years the bastion of Indian culture in Europe . |
| 15 | Van Basten , the Milan striker whose goals were largely responsible for his country 's victory in the European Championship finals last year , has recovered from a knee operation on 1 September and played on Sunday in his club 's defeat at Cremona . |
| 16 | A strong SNP showing in Stirling was largely responsible for his success , while the Liberal vote there was dramatically squeezed and fell by eight per cent . |
| 17 | Even more convincing as an account of a real dream is the idea that Gloucester was somehow responsible for his death — but only accidentally . |
| 18 | In fact , ‘ public notice ’ comprised for many years a small insertion in the classified advertisement section of two national daily papers and one local paper , jammed between husbands who were no longer responsible for their wives ' debts and the liquidation of bankrupt companies . |
| 19 | Advantages include the fact that you are not responsible for their rents if they leave and that you have a clearly-defined personal space , however small . |
| 20 | The actual source of life is not known and is not to be attributed to the God that mankind can worship , that is , a definable God developed with life , and therefore not responsible for its origin . |
| 21 | When Cain asked , ‘ Am I my brother 's keeper ? ’ he was trying to say that he was not responsible for his brother . |
| 22 | as if he was not responsible for his actions . |
| 23 | ‘ Tell your client , ’ said the voice at the other end of the phone , ‘ that he or she would have a better chance of establishing who is or is not responsible for his or her dustbins if he or she employed a lawyer who did n't address his inquiries to people whose principal concern is pharmacology . ’ |
| 24 | The defendants argued that they were not responsible for his death , as it could not have been foreseen . |
| 25 | The bishop of Vienne was probably not responsible for his conversion , but he undoubtedly exercised considerable influence at the start of the new reign . |
| 26 | But you can try to improve the situation by realising you are not responsible for his behaviour and , slowly but firmly , letting him know what is no longer acceptable . |
| 27 | I 'm not responsible for my dreams . |
| 28 | The reorganisation under the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act of 1973 made the people of the Western Isles much more directly responsible for their own development through the elected ‘ Comhairle nan Eilean ’ or Western Isles Islands Council ( WIIC ) . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | Each is now directly responsible for its own marketing , planning , operations , engineering and balance sheet . |