Example sentences of "be responsible for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're responsible for Ana today , ’ she warned seriously . |
| 2 | The argument was advanced that three main factors are responsible for man 's health or ill-health : nutrition , infection and external environmental factors . |
| 3 | PYY and its close homologue , neurotransmitter neuropeptide Y ( NPY ) share sequence homology in the C terminal fragments , which are responsible for receptor binding and biological activity of the peptides . |
| 4 | Some studies , however , have shown no correlation between faecal fat excretion and faecal bile acid loss suggesting that additional factors are responsible for bile acid malabsorption in cystic fibrosis . |
| 5 | Police officers at all ranks are responsible for Army personnel . |
| 6 | The remaining 29 companies , which were in existence before privatisation of the water authorities , serve particular localities and are responsible for water supply only . |
| 7 | Planning powers also rest firmly with UDCs which are responsible for development control policy and decisions within their area . |
| 8 | Thus while the district councils are responsible for development control , they must act within guidelines for zoning and land use established by the county . |
| 9 | These range from the notion that creativeness reflects the same warring psychological tendencies that are responsible for insanity to the intriguing , though question-begging , idea that some mad people are simply labelled as geniuses because of their apparently mystical and divinely inspired qualities of thought . |
| 10 | They need to make a regular picture available to the national originators of change and to those agencies who are responsible for change being organized in specific way . |
| 11 | In metropolitan areas the districts are responsible for education , social services and libraries . |
| 12 | Wearing another hat , he is also secretary to the Board of Finance , the most powerful of the five diocesan boards ( the others are responsible for education , the ministry , missionary work at home and abroad , and social responsibility ) . |
| 13 | In the rest of England and Wales there are county authorities which are responsible for education and personal social services , but also a lower tier of districts which include housing amongst their responsibilities . |
| 14 | bZIP represents the basic and leucine zipper domains that are responsible for DNA-binding and dimerisation . |
| 15 | Certain prisoners , known as ‘ support service inmates ’ , who have no authority , are responsible for cleanliness and some minor clerical work . |
| 16 | We are responsible for legislation . |
| 17 | The LEAs are responsible for capital expenditure on school premises , furniture and maintenance . |
| 18 | Three of these so called Guardians are responsible for Scotland north of the Forth and the other three , particularly Wishart , wield authority south of this line . |
| 19 | These invisible tabs , if not removed , are responsible for text mysteriously jumping to an unexpected position . |
| 20 | Already most of the teams are responsible for things like reward and recognition ’ . |
| 21 | District Councils also look after things like environmental health , car parks and most planning applications , but it 's the county councils who are responsible for things like education , major roads and social services . |
| 22 | Similarly , if non-bile components of duodenogastric reflux are responsible for adduction , then measurementof intragastric bile will only act as a crude marker for reflux and not reflect the true carcinogenic potential of the gastric juice . |
| 23 | With one of these you can , for instance , remove just those parts of the signal which are responsible for boominess or tape hiss , leaving the remainder of the signal unchanged . |
| 24 | A Stage I examinations meeting monitors the academic progress of all Stage I students , this committee largely consists of senior tutors who are responsible for groups of fields . |
| 25 | Under the proposals , the Institute 's disciplinary powers in these areas would be extended to include firms as well as individuals , in recognition of the fact that in reality it is the firms , rather than their engagement partners , which are responsible for client satisfaction . |
| 26 | Is Nat Sec the person through whom all dealings with government departments are to be channelled ( eg Dept of Education , Dept of Environment who are responsible for house to house collections in N.I ) ? |
| 27 | While doing housework they are responsible for children and must know what the children are doing : while looking after children they are almost always involved in housework activities . |
| 28 | — has the Prime Minister read the comment by police commander David Stevens that the police are not responsible for crime any more than doctors are responsible for disease , and that crime is an indicator of economic and social malaise ? |
| 29 | Previous studies have attempted to evaluate the severity of duodenogastric reflux ( DGR ) and to determine whether specific constituents of duodenal juice are responsible for symptoms . |
| 30 | Before doing so , however , governors should know that they are responsible for understanding , complying with and enforcing national health and safety regulations . |