Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] responsible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | but erm that was erm financed of course by the Ministry of Labour at erm as the erm Education Department were responsible for the the general administration of it |
| 2 | The U-boat activity and the occupation of part of France by the enemy were responsible for the food shortages , which sent prices soaring . |
| 3 | If , in the jury 's opinion , the prosecution had proved beyond all doubt that the two men in the dock were responsible for this brave young constable 's demise , then they had but one course , and that was to bring a verdict of guilty of manslaughter . |
| 4 | Genetic changes in both host and parasite were responsible for the evolved differences in virulence . |
| 5 | I always felt religion was responsible for so much that was wrong in the world — religious wars , sexual repression , bigotry . ’ |
| 6 | Sociologists have absolutely no way of telling whether any supernatural ( or sub-natural ) Person or force was responsible for the conversion . |
| 7 | Plaintiffs must prove that the words of which they complain have a defamatory meaning , that the words refer to them , and that the defendant was responsible for publishing them . |
| 8 | Through most of 1940 and 1941 , a complex command system made raids from the United Kingdom difficult to organise , for each Army Command was responsible for raiding shores opposite their area in the United Kingdom , and the Navy had a final say on any seaborne raid . |
| 9 | This one-man effort had its advantages , for it meant that one mind was responsible for the training , rather like the method which our Lord followed with his disciples , or the Buddha with his . |
| 10 | This department was responsible for the eventual establishment of school clinics throughout the country , but only slowly and after considerable controversy . |
| 11 | Subsequent correspondence revealed that the Registrar of Walkato is none other than Mr Jeremy J Callaghan , who as a member of Salford Registrar 's Department was responsible for Convocation affairs in the early 1970s . |
| 12 | David Evans , general secretary of the Prison Officers Association , said the Lord Chancellor 's Department was responsible for security in the design of court buildings . |
| 13 | Arguments raged then , and have done so ever since , whether or not the industry was responsible for the long-term destruction of much of the Weald 's best timber . |
| 14 | MANUFACTURING industry was responsible for nearly 13 per cent of all start-ups in 1992 at 59,150 — the highest share for the sector since 1980 . |
| 15 | By their statement of claim the council claimed , inter alia , ( i ) that the council was the county council for Derbyshire and pursuant to statute was responsible for a wide range of governmental and administrative functions in Derbyshire , and in particular the investment and control of the superannuation fund ; ( ii ) that in those issues of ‘ The Sunday Times ’ the third and fourth defendants falsely and maliciously wrote and the first and second defendants falsely and maliciously printed and published , or caused to be written , printed or published of and concerning the council and of and concerning the council in the way of its discharge of its responsibility for the investment and control of the superannuation fund ; ( iii ) by reason of the words published in the articles the council had been injured in its credit and reputation and had been brought into public scandal , odium and contempt , and had suffered loss and damage . |
| 16 | During the late nineteenth century , Medical Officers of Health , in particular , contended that women going out to work were responsible for raising the infant mortality rate because they tended to bottle-feed their infants and because , by carrying them out to nurse in the early morning , they exposed them to bronchitis . |
| 17 | But he declined to comment on future plans for the Toledo-based factory , saying that managers at the Spanish subsidiary were responsible for that . |
| 18 | But he declined to comment on future plans for the Toledo-based factory , saying that managers at the Spanish subsidiary were responsible for that . |
| 19 | The national security law was responsible for the fears of a police state . |
| 20 | Buckingham 's influence was responsible for Crowe 's being entrusted with the delicate mission of pawning some of the duke 's and king 's jewels at Amsterdam in 1626 , his being created baronet in 1627 , and his appointment as treasurer of the navy in March 1627 . |
| 21 | Copper mining was responsible for 66 per cent of the country 's gross commercial product , 60 per cent of government revenues and 95 per cent of export earnings ( Quick 1977 : 381 ) . |
| 22 | An attempt by Daily Mail journalists to broaden the paper 's political coverage of the 1983 election was rejected on the grounds that only the editor was responsible for content and that outside pressure , if only from an organization 's own journalists , amounted to interference in the running of that organization . |
| 23 | His passing skill was responsible for three of the four goals . |
| 24 | The Military Household was responsible for overseeing the personal safety of the sovereigns , which at the beginning was entrusted to the Guides , a cavalry regiment rigged out in green and gold , numbering 1,000 , whose Colonel was Prince Joachim Murat . |
| 25 | A strong belief exists in Ulster that British intelligence was responsible for the emergence of the secret Ulster Freedom Fighters in the late summer of 1973 . |
| 26 | A National Unity Campaign Committee was responsible for co-ordinating local efforts and organized the speaking tours of Cripps , Maxton , Pollitt , Bevan and other prominent supporters of united agitation against the National Government and its foreign policy . |
| 27 | Over the years , the Schools Council was responsible for a prodigious output of reports and materials on every aspect of the school curriculum . |
| 28 | He said that the Treasurers department at Liverpool City Council was responsible for deducting contributions to the fund from employees , but errors regularly cropped up . |
| 29 | The warden was responsible for the safe keeping in the castle gaol of ordinary prisoners and political prisoners , as well as Forest offenders , and for delivering them on bail on receipt of the appropriate writ . |
| 30 | The warden was responsible for the conduct of the foresters of fee : on a number of occasions he seized their bailiwicks because of their misconduct . |