Example sentences of "[pron] [be] responsible for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Pilate stands watching , watching Jesus being humiliated , watching him being tormented that thought going through the mind , I am responsible for this , I am guilty of it , I have done it ! |
| 2 | But I feel I 'm responsible for these boys now , and I feel I 've failed them . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , I 'm responsible for those rumors that have been circulating about you and damaging your reputation . |
| 4 | * The London Dumping Convention has made moves to establish a global control mechanism over land-based emissions which are responsible for 80 percent of marine waste . |
| 5 | He says that the problem was caused not by blockages — which are responsible for most smells on ferries , but by a vaccuum — a one off fluke . |
| 6 | Although such improvement has been vigorously promoted by the North of Scotland College of Agriculture ( which is responsible for agricultural extension and training in the area ) , the response has , after some initial enthusiasm , been extremely disappointing . |
| 7 | Although Denmark retains responsibility for foreign affairs , the judiciary and the monetary system of the Faroe Islands , the islands have their own government ( Landsstyret or Landsstyrid ) which is responsible for internal affairs , including fisheries . |
| 8 | Although Denmark retains responsibility for the Faroe Islands in respect of foreign affairs , defence , the judiciary and the monetary system , the islands have their own government ( Landsstyret or Landsstryrid ) which is responsible for internal affairs , including fisheries . |
| 9 | There is a National Council of Ministers appointed by the AFRC , which is responsible for federal administration . |
| 10 | There is a National Council of Ministers , appointed by the AFRC , which is responsible for federal administration . |
| 11 | Sufferers who can not register with a local dentist will be referred to the Family Health Services Authority — which is responsible for dental treatment . |
| 12 | The ‘ bibliographical division ’ is divided into subject groups , each of which is responsible for professional duties in one service point of the authority , and also for all the bibliographical responsibilities in the subject field allocated to it . |
| 13 | This observation from the American Status of Women in Sociology report draws attention to the underlying ideology of gender roles which is responsible for all the various manifestations of sexism . |
| 14 | Various attempts have been made to regard Broca 's aphasia as a syndrome in the first of these senses — that is , to argue that there is a single underlying deficit in the language processing system which is responsible for all the symptoms of Broca 's aphasia . |
| 15 | The only red grape grown is Pinot Noir , which is responsible for all reds and rosés . |
| 16 | It does not include a ruling on methyl chloroform which accounts for five per cent of depletion and carbon tetrachloride which is responsible for eight per cent . |
| 17 | A spokesman for Essex County Council , which is responsible for social services supporting the elderly , handicapped and those on low incomes , said it was impossible for the county council to comment on something political . |
| 18 | While for education there is a major department of state , the Department of Education and Sciences which is responsible for national policy and the relationship between the centre and the local authorities , the personal social services is only the smallest of the three policy concerns of the Department of Health and Social Security . |
| 19 | As I have said , the abolition of the poll tax is to be welcomed , but even more welcome would be the abolition of the system of grants — the standard spending assessment which is responsible for most of the problems relating to capping and high poll tax bills . |
| 20 | The US , which is responsible for 23 per cent of world CO 2 , against 13 per cent from the EC , has already refused to make a similar policy commitment . |
| 21 | Vasectomy has no effect on the male sex organs — testes prostate gland , penis , nor on the secretion of the male sex hormone which is responsible for masculine qualities . |
| 22 | The two-year moratorium is not binding , and Britain , which is responsible for 90 per cent of all radioactive waste dumped at sea , has already said that it will not comply with the ban . |
| 23 | The plans , adopted by NatWest , and which will go on show to the public after Easter , have been designed by the Fitzroy Robinson Partnership , a firm of architects which was responsible for many of the high-quality buildings in the City . |
| 24 | W we still seem to debate certain things three , four and five times they creep their way through to the main committee and full council and I have to say that the point in para B about the report we 've been sent not recognising the reduction in local er government responsibilities it it is it 's a bit rich , because our response to that report does n't recognise that when I first arrived here Chairman we had the education department which was responsible for all the schools , six colleges of further education , college of art , college of agriculture , the teacher training college at and a major polytechnic . |
| 25 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 26 | The State Security Committee ( KGB ) , which was responsible for Soviet border defences , rushed border guard reinforcements to the Azerbaijan-Iran border on Jan. 3 amid reports that attacks on border installations had spread and now threatened the entire 800 km frontier . |
| 27 | It was also the meeting place of the Board of Guardians , whose duty it was to look after the poor , and the Patrington Union which was responsible for 27 parishes . |
| 28 | Younger figures , perhaps above all the exciting young Jewish expressionist poet , Jakob von Hoddis , dominated the organization , the ‘ Neuen Club ’ , which was responsible for these events . |
| 29 | It appeared that within the organization was a secret group which was responsible for extra-legal anti-semitic ‘ excitement ’ . |
| 30 | Cos nobody was responsible for that really . . |