Example sentences of "[be] responsible for some " in BNC.

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1 We 're responsible for some of its troubles — all right .
2 The women are the vessels of a better spirit ; the injury to them is greater , and it is their own men who are responsible for some of that injury .
3 A fan of Arthur Rimbaud and The Velvet Underground , his band The Centre are responsible for some of the best rock produced in the Soviet Union , and also for introducing Moscow to punk and new wave music .
4 Local councillors — some 25,000 men and women throughout Britain — are responsible for some of our most important public services .
5 The passenger and apron services staff are responsible for some cargo handling , ensuring that standards of safety on the airfield can be maintained and providing portering facilities to the travelling public .
6 MGM had been responsible for some of the worst quota quickie outrages , and its new willingness to finance British-based production was the result of legislative changes which brought American companies deeper into British film production .
7 This is the last bond to be actively redeemed until 1957 when a minor flurry of interest in activating redemption might have been responsible for some bond buying-in activity , although the Club waited until 1983 for the total buying-in to take place .
8 Robin Cranko thinks that one of them , if not both , must have been responsible for some branches of the Cranko family whom he came across during his researches .
9 Behind the scenes at London Zoo , staff have been responsible for some notable breeding achievements among rare and endangered species .
10 I must admit I really enjoyed working with him , and we did tracks like ‘ The Laughing Gnome ’ and I have to say , I am one of the gnomes on that record and am responsible for some of the terrible jokes on it as well .
11 Certain types of small bacteria , called mycoplasma or ureaplasma , have for a long time been thought to be responsible for some cases of NGU .
12 I first realised that herbs could reproduce this effect — ; and later wondered if a lack of them could be responsible for some of the diseases that seem particular to fish of this area .
13 A further 7 per cent ( 31 ) of ulcers occurred above the gaiter area ; trauma may be responsible for some of these , particularly those on the anterior aspect , but the aetiological pattern of ulcers occurring in this region have been found to be so varied that positive aetiological indicators can not be identified from the ulcer site alone .
14 Thermoelastic effects also exist in metals and were shown by Zener ( 1948 ) to be responsible for some of the relaxation processes found in metals .
15 These data suggest that technical factors may be responsible for some cases of puchitis with mucosal ischaemia being a possible pathogenetic mechanism .
16 ‘ The Lucy Ring was disbanded in 1943 , after being responsible for some invaluable work .
17 While the IFL were responsible for some of the outrage , BUF members were behind much of the increased conflict .
18 His governments were responsible for some major pieces of social legislation , for example in education , bureaucracy ( 1870 ) , Trade Unions ( 1871 ) , the law and electoral reform .
19 As an officer with the Inner London Probation Service , she 's responsible for some 30 offenders , all under the age of 21 .
20 Furthermore , The German Ideology was a collaborative work with Engels who , as we shall see , retained more interest in the concept of ideology and is responsible for some of the features traditionally associated with it .
21 The Inspectorate is responsible for some 18,000,000 people at work scattered through some 500,000 or 600,000 different workplaces …
22 We must be satisfied that the insured person is legally liable and not just morally liable , i.e. he may feel he is responsible for some damage but unless he has been negligent then no liability exists .
23 Finally , local government is responsible for some types of regulation , for example land use or zoning laws .
24 In no way can it be described as independent when the chairman of that inquiry is a former general who is responsible for some of the worst atrocities against the East Timorese .
25 Chronic hepatitis B infection is responsible for some 60 million cases of liver cirrhosis worldwide , more than the number of cases caused by alcohol .
26 N I have worked with her on , she is responsible for some artist to do in Belgium and I needed some information on some artist who worked , that was at the time when I was doing eh , P R campaigns for er , Sheba , the cat product , and we needed .
27 With a dry wit and an infectious Brooklyn drawl , Karen , as part of the Flatbush-based Soulboys group of club-runners , was responsible for some of the first illegal parties in New York , as well as having the much-coveted job of doorperson at various Manhattan clubs .
28 Indirectly , we have already explored this way of thinking in our consideration of the proposal that pragmatics is " meaning minus semantics " , and the idea that some distinction from sociolinguistics is necessary was responsible for some of the dissatisfaction with a number of the definitions above .
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