Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to [be] responsible " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , for those who have received an arts education , such as the people who are likely to be responsible for restoration , this type of thinking must be assimilated and understood . |
| 2 | Efficiency improvements in cars are likely to be responsible for significant conservation of fuel in the next 10 years . |
| 3 | The results of the highly unusual job show that lead or chlorohydrocarbons associated with pesticide are unlikely to be responsible for ‘ flaccid trunk syndrome ’ which is afflicting elephants around Lake Kariba . |
| 4 | Thus , changes in the physico-chemical properties of mucosal cell membranes as a consequence of the putative variations in their fatty acid composition are unlikely to be responsible for the beneficial effect of diet , since those structural changes would also intervene when the acid load is delivered to the mucosa without prior irritation . |
| 5 | If you are to live in rented accommodation or a hotel while finding somewhere more permanent to live in your new domicile , your employer may be willing to be responsible for those costs . |
| 6 | The endorsement our society gives to an ideal of thinness for young women is likely to be responsible for the current high frequency of the illness , but other factors must also be involved since anorexic patients have been reported for at least the past 150 years . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ Ian said , ‘ he 's supposed to be responsible to the Dean and Chapter for Cathedral security . |
| 8 | You educate your children to stay away from trouble so what 's the use of a person who 's supposed to be responsible doing this |
| 9 | These findings support our previous work showing that H pylori release of ammonia is unlikely to be responsible for either the hypergastrinaemia or the gastritis caused by this bacterium . |
| 10 | A stimulation of the breakdown of cyclic AMP by the activation of a cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase is unlikely to be responsible for the effects seen here . |
| 11 | I just think it 's important to be responsible . ’ |
| 12 | Taylor was one of the men who was supposed to be responsible for cleaning up Hollywood , but as the sordid details of his life came to light during the murder investigation , Will Hays , knowing he could trust no one in the movie business , placed spies everywhere . |
| 13 | Who was supposed to be responsible for the university students ? |
| 14 | Mrs Shepherd sees no incompatibility in her dual role as Minister for Agriculture and Food and that it was ‘ nonsense ’ for anyone to state that it was inappropriate to be responsible both for the agricultural industry and the quality and safety of food . |