Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] were responsible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1983 report had identified the crucial issue for North Shields as the need for the development of an adequate marketing facility in the port to attract larger visiting vessels which were responsible for 54% , of landings in 1982 . |
| 2 | that can be used for actually doing , doing the recycling on each of those , and and I would like to say that that this , this report had been erm prepared jointly by officers of the Transportation Department who were responsible for the operational side and wi and the officers and regulation side of , of the Authority Planning Environment Department and therefore the comments in the air have been shared between erm both sides er what I would like to say is that as well as the recycling activities which are carried out in our household waste facilities of glass , paper , waste - oil , etc. , er there are we have in the last twelve months started two initiatives which I think will fall in into erm the , the first part - composting . |
| 3 | The Directive was concerned with relations between competent authorities which were responsible for protecting the interests of investors and companies . |
| 4 | Instead of leaving economic decisions to the free hand of the marketplace , economic decisions were made by highly centralised states which were responsible for resource allocation and the planning of economic activities . |
| 5 | Although the petitioners realised that it was government policies which were responsible for the impoverishment of the masses , the movement did not oppose government , it appealed to it for improvements . |
| 6 | Indeed , it is undoubtedly the Wolfenden Committee who were responsible for the generally high level of debate concerning reform of the law in this area in the following eight or nine years . |
| 7 | It was the Howards who were responsible for the daring architectural refinements of the late sixteenth and very early seventeenth century . |
| 8 | The scientists and technicians who were responsible for running the vessel were all ranking members of the Imperial Survey Service ; but that did not mean that they had the slightest notion about running either a tight or a tidy ship . |
| 9 | The Grand Almoner was the Archbishop of Paris , who was assisted by a vicar-general and five chaplains who were responsible for the services in the chapels of the Imperial residences . |
| 10 | Moreover , it had become clear from the opinion polls that the unpopularity of the new tax was being laid at the door of the government which had introduced it , rather than the local authorities who were responsible for levying and collecting it . |
| 11 | Although this rank was that of a clerk , in the Constantian period it was applied to those officials who were responsible for the minutes of the imperial consistory and some of them rose to the highest ranks . |
| 12 | Erm the ta the the weave is based on the discovery of a seal , an seal , were the royal officials who were responsible for the quality of exported cloth . |
| 13 | This was a fluctuating group of four or five individuals who were responsible for the literary output of the organization . |
| 14 | Whilst in no way related , the stories of the pea and the pine serve to illustrate the many facets of plant introduction through the ages , reminding us of those thoughtful , artistic , practical and often intrepid individuals who were responsible for the plants which grace our parks and gardens today . |
| 15 | One of the major contracts we were responsible for during that time was the construction of the Wemmershoek Dam for Cape Town City Council . |
| 16 | For instance in one area recently there has been a series of protests and demonstrations regarding poor and inadequate housing conditions , the majority of the members of the committees which were responsible for organising the protests are members of the IRA . |
| 17 | Further , if Rauching and Egidius were involved in inviting Gundovald to Gaul , the fact that their influence was unaffected by his defeat may explain why Gregory fails to name those members of Childebert 's court who were responsible for the invitation . |
| 18 | Moreover , it was these official publications which were responsible for employing the very few Africans who gained journalistic and editorial experience . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , large areas of the Palace remained very ill-lit ; servants who were responsible for the maintenance of the oil lamps , the only means of lighting the corridors and the small dark private staircases , were obliged to circulate day and night . |
| 20 | MANDARINS are the Treasury civil servants who were responsible for insisting that Britain stayed in the ERM and who , it is said , traditionally get things wrong . |
| 21 | They should let the people who were responsible for it see that they were beginning to take an active interest in what was the most important issue of the time . |
| 22 | When he saw the terrorists , the people who were responsible for his plight , he lunged forward , grabbed a rifle off one of the soldiers . |
| 23 | I , I actually think they probably did use up all that was possible available to them at the time , and so , in some ways , this is against the spirit of the policy , although the policies have been changed , and I hear what Councillor said about improvement to the place , and so I do n't think we 'd serve any useful purpose in stopping these people doing this , because they 're probably not the people who were responsible for the flagrant disobeying of the rules at the time . |
| 24 | In those days there was a small core of paid research staff who were responsible for a large number of countries — if you did the Soviet Union , you were also responsible for Eastern Europe and half of Western Europe as well ! ’ |
| 25 | Our record compares unbelievably well with that of the previous Government who were responsible for such matters . |
| 26 | We have been warned in the most solemn terms , and a Government who were responsible for the poll tax should surely this time show some humility , some willingness to listen and learn . |
| 27 | This project aims to identify the local leaders who were responsible for chapels , schoolrooms and manses in a period of nonconformist growth , to study their place in the religious bodies they served and in the communities where they lived . |
| 28 | Duncan was a member of the 14th INT , a small and select group of SAS members who were responsible for intelligence . |
| 29 | Committee members who were responsible for setting Glenand up to promote jobs were extremely reluctant to make people redundant . |
| 30 | ‘ Having run out of excuses for the abject failure of your Government 's economic policies , ’ he said , ‘ you are now trying to pin the blame on your predecessor , in whose Government you were responsible for economic policy . ’ |