Example sentences of "widely [vb pp] to [be] responsible " in BNC.
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| 1 | A certain amount of attention is paid to colonialism in seeking an explanation for the political power of the bureaucracy in post-colonial states , and in particular its ‘ overdevelopment ’ in relation to other political institutions , since the role assigned to bureaucracy under colonialism is widely reckoned to be responsible for its present dominance . |
| 2 | Demands for action to clean up sulphur dioxide emissions from power stations , widely believed to be responsible for the ‘ acid rain ’ that was killing forests , lakes and rivers — not just in Scotland , but as far afield as Germany and Scandinavia — were brushed aside on the grounds of inconclusive evidence ; a similar attitude was taken towards the radioactive discharges from the nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield . |
| 3 | Marco Tulio Hernández , 28 , a member of the Honduran Human Rights Defence Committee and of the Committee of Relatives of Missing Detainees in Honduras was shot dead in San Pedro Sula on July 22 ; the military was widely believed to be responsible . |
| 4 | Angry crowds would curse George I , Whigs and Dissenters , the Duke of Marlborough ( a warmonger , and the man widely believed to be responsible for encouraging George I to show all his favour to the Whigs ) , and often even William III , whilst reserving their cheers for James III , the Duke of Ormonde ( the Tory who had replaced Marlborough as Captain-General of the Land Forces in 1712 ) , Dr Sacheverell , and the Church of England . |
| 5 | This situation was widely held to be responsible for Australia 's slowness in adopting new technology — automation in the motor industry was far less advanced than in western Europe — and for persistently low levels of labour productivity . |
| 6 | In an assertion of civilian authority , the interim government of Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun on Aug. 1 demoted three top military leaders widely held to be responsible for the shooting of pro-democracy demonstrators by the military in May [ see pp. 38894-95 ] . |