Example sentences of "be responsible for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She needed to remember that he himself had been responsible for her having had to face that terrible choice in the first place . |
| 32 | I think he may have been responsible for her unhappiness . |
| 33 | There was a clear feeling on the part of some Councillors that , since the School was no longer under their sole control and since they now had their own Technical School to worry about ( they had been responsible for its organization and financing from March 1892 ) , they need no longer be too concerned about the Grammar School . |
| 34 | A more significant change has been the separation of sales of ITV1 and Channel 4 : Channel 4 has been responsible for its own sales from January 1993 , and this has introduced the first genuinely competitive element into national commercial TV . |
| 35 | Matisse had been responsible for its decoration . |
| 36 | ‘ You are my guest , I am responsible for your safety . |
| 37 | Stop behaving as if I 'm responsible for your welfare . |
| 38 | I 'm responsible for your accounts in this area . |
| 39 | ‘ That means I 'm responsible for his spiritual welfare . |
| 40 | ‘ Do you and your family think I 'm responsible for his death ? ’ |
| 41 | From then , licencees will be responsible for their own transmitters , either owning or leasing them . |
| 42 | They must also communicate these to staff at the school and be responsible for their operation . |
| 43 | The city will declare a neighbourhood clean-up week wherein all residents will be responsible for their block — a block captain will be assigned to ensure cooperation . |
| 44 | Allowing small farmers in the countryside to be responsible for their own plots of land and to sell any surplus above the state quota on the free market and the encouragement of small-scale private enterprises in urban areas brought about great changes in Chinese society . |
| 45 | The students could not be said to be responsible for their own actions and thoughts . |
| 46 | The perpetrators are held to be responsible for their actions and there is an emphasis on retribution , not only against the murderer or murderers , but also against the social workers who , it is claimed , failed the child . |
| 47 | He could not bear the thought that his own underestimation of the Chelonians would be responsible for their deaths . |
| 48 | After the Second World War the coverage of the needs of the disabled became fairly comprehensive in scope , although there was no attempt to set up a single department or authority to be responsible for their needs . |
| 49 | City technology colleges ( CTCs ) will be independent of LEAs : the DES will pay running costs but promoters will own or lease the premises and be responsible for their management , employing teachers , etc . |
| 50 | ‘ I would n't want to be responsible for their collapse . ’ |
| 51 | Even where parents no longer live together they each continue to be responsible for their children and will need to decide who the children should live with for most of the time and how often the other parent should see the children . |
| 52 | The new law recognises that both parents continue to be responsible for their children even when they are separated or divorced : children are not something to be ‘ won or lost ’ in divorce proceedings . |
| 53 | Individuals will be responsible for their own personal development plans which will be measured against agreed standards of business performance . |
| 54 | Female sexuality causes men to lose self-control so that they cease to be responsible for their actions — or so runs the accepted wisdom . |
| 55 | Giardiasis is especially common in infants and children and may be responsible for their retarded growth and failure to thrive . |
| 56 | Further education colleges will gain new independence from April 1993 , and will be responsible for their own budgets . |
| 57 | Environment Minister Hans Alders plans to introduce " life-cycle management " , wherein manufacturers will be responsible for their products at all stages , including transporting , sorting , recycling and remarketing . |
| 58 | well ultimately I guess , there is a regional managing director for each region who would er be responsible for their region |
| 59 | Finally he has decided that I 'm just the vet he needs to be responsible for their health . ’ |
| 60 | Now those who can prove conclusively that they are self-employed will be responsible for their own tax deductions and claims . |