Example sentences of "may be [adv] responsible " in BNC.
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| 1 | However that same landlord may be introducing tube wells , tractors and high-yielding varieties of seeds , and therefore wish to get rid of the large number of inefficient workers to whom he may be partly responsible for housing , clothing , looking after their aged or sick , and also to whom a sizeable proportion of the additional benefit from these improved inputs would accrue . |
| 2 | Funding restrictions may be partly responsible for these absences , but they also reflect the mental health system 's capacity to resist new responses to mental distress . |
| 3 | And while Western influences may be partly responsible for some more flexible attitudes towards education , rote learning and recitation are still primary in Chinese schools . |
| 4 | Because one or more non-ethanolic components of the beverages are responsible for the release of gastric acid and gastrin it is possible that they may be partly responsible for the detrimental effects of alcohol abuse . |
| 5 | The adversarial system of criminal justice in Britain and the USA , together with less emphasis on community policing , may be partly responsible for the alienation of doctors and police and for a lowering of standards . |
| 6 | GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter and may be partially responsible for epilepsy . |
| 7 | At first the nurse may be totally responsible for the physical care and well-being of patients who may be unable to carry out their normal activities . |
| 8 | All of us lose sleep at some time in our lives , and many individuals have to lose sleep as part of their jobs , which may be extremely responsible and demanding . |
| 9 | In practical terms this may mean : ( a ) Ministers may be legally responsible for the acts and omissions of their department . |