Example sentences of "[be] responsible for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When you 're responsible for one dog , you form a special partnership with him . |
| 2 | But in terms of comparison and competition the professionals who are responsible for one school 's management may now have to justify to governors and to parents a consumption of time which some people might think would be better spent on raising pupils ' performance in a limited field and in ways which are visible , competitive and market-orientated . |
| 3 | * 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 . |
| 4 | The foreign drivers are responsible for 4,892 traffic accidents in Bohemia and Moravia in 1990. 128 persons was killed and 224 heavy injured . |
| 5 | Police said it 's possible he could have been responsible for two sex attacks in Berkshire … one in Maidenhead and one in Slough . |
| 6 | Benjamin Libet of the University of California at San Francisco has been responsible for two sets of experiments which are often cited as crucial evidence in the debate about the relationship between brain and mind . |
| 7 | The idea bears some analogy to the 1951 European Coal and Steel Community which brought these industries under an international authority to defuse the conflict of interest between Germany and France which was held to have been responsible for two world wars . |
| 8 | The company was formed on Albert Hill in 1864 and by the time it closed in 1879 it had been responsible for 40 bridges in Denmark , 20 bridges in Sweden all built in 1874 , all the viaducts on the Whitby-RedcarMiddlesbrough line including the Staithes Viaduct , Llandudno pier , a bridge in Syria , another over the Tay in Scotland and a footbridge over the Tees at Barnard Castle . |
| 9 | Called Administration Partnership , it will be responsible for 184,000 unitholders with total funds under management of £3 billion . |
| 10 | The RAF was thought to be responsible for 32 murders over 20 years , the most recent being that in April 1991 of Detlev Rohwedder , head of the Treuhand privatization agency [ see p. 38155 ] . |
| 11 | The police believe he may be responsible for three robberies which took place in the Thames Valley region in one afternoon . |
| 12 | A WHO analysis published on Nov. 11 in Geneva showed heterosexual intercourse to be responsible for three quarters of all cases of HIV infection . |
| 13 | ABB and Brush will design and build 40 electric locomotives , the remaining three Euroshuttle companies will manufacture 252 ‘ tourist ’ wagons to carry passengers , cars and non-commercial vehicles ; and the Italian companies will be responsible for 252 freight wagons . |
| 14 | you said you were responsible for two horses |
| 15 | you were responsible for two horses . |
| 16 | On average the consultants were responsible for 22 inpatient beds ( range 12 to 40 ) . |
| 17 | An Amnesty International report of Oct. 11 claimed that in the previous 18 months members of the armed forces , often working in collusion with drug traffickers and right-wing paramilitary groups , had killed 2,500 people and were responsible for 250 others who had " disappeared " following detention . |
| 18 | Detectives believe the same man is responsible for nine attacks in one area , the Fishermead Estate in Milton Keynes . |
| 19 | Joe Chapman is responsible for 279 staff in depots at Stanford-le-Hope in Essex , Avonmouth near Bristol , King 's Lynn in Norfolk and Pyles in Wales . |
| 20 | Yet even today America is responsible for one quarter of world oil consumption and almost half the non-Communist world 's petrol consumption . |
| 21 | Police say it 's possible the man is responsible for two sex attacks and he must give himself up . |
| 22 | It has been estimated that diarrhoeal illness is responsible for 250,000 deaths each year in Bangladesh . |
| 23 | ‘ Each adult is responsible for six Brownies , ’ Brown Owl said . |
| 24 | In fact there are 141 countries in which there are Commonwealth war graves and memorials , and the Commission is responsible for 1,694,930 commemorations . |
| 25 | In health terms , the car is responsible for 820 hours of life lost through a road traffic accident fatality , and 2,800 hours of life damaged by a road accident . |
| 26 | Miss Gawel was previously with the Civil Service Catering Organisation ( CISCO ) where she was responsible for 27 outlets . |
| 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 | He can expect a change of pace in his new job : whereas he was responsible for 290 students at Goldsmiths ' , the Maastricht programme has eight students per year in a two-year course . |
| 29 | In 1983 America was responsible for one quarter of the world 's consumption of primary fuel , 25% of the oil , 19% of the coal , 32% of the gas and 34% of the nuclear power generation . |
| 30 | Pallister was responsible for one goal and Ince gave away the free kick for the other . |