Example sentences of "[adv] [be] responsible for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When ivy is seen growing throughout the crown of a dying tree it has rarely been responsible for the tree 's decline but has taken advantage of the crown which now lets through enough light for the ivy to grow away .
2 It was felt that Manson and his Family had not only been responsible for the death of seven people , but also for the death of innocence , and suddenly hippies were n't cute or funny any more .
3 The links predated the Francoist regime ; the army had long been responsible for the training of footplate , traffic and other staff who entered RENFE through military service ( as they continued to do after the restoration of democracy ) .
4 In this case you will only be responsible for the balance , if anything .
5 If the users participate more , perhaps being responsible for the design , then they are far more likely to be satisfied with and be committed to the system once it is implemented .
6 He personally was responsible for the instruction of many young Arab teachers in drawing , design , and handicraft , and for the introduction of these subjects to schools .
7 Exuberantly believing that he alone was responsible for the separation and still moved by a powerfully purifying sense of goodness and rightness , Hope paid his modest bill the next morning , left a parting note for George , checked himself from asking to see Mary , promised — though he lied — to return and set off at a tremendous pace for Hause Point .
8 The Yard has always been responsible for the movement of vehicles and materials within the Works area .
9 It is odd to speak of the creation of a state as the ‘ pretext ’ for anything : the translator may possibly be responsible for the oddity here , as for the orotundity that precedes it .
10 In the past 25 years he has also been responsible for the construction of the mortality tables produced by the Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau for use by the life offices and has also taken an active part in the development of a new method of analysing sickness insurance statistics .
11 The subsequent decline in unemployment has also been responsible for the fall in the share of transfer payments since 1984 .
12 You may also be responsible for the supervision of staff and develop management skills .
13 Well I agree with the honourable gentleman to this extent and that as he knows er we would scrap the self regulatory system and make the S I B responsible for er regulating er er the industry and in time merge it with a banking er regulatory body , er so that would answer that point er and I think that the S I B er could also be responsible for the enforcement of these matters .
14 ‘ In which case , ’ Sir Richard replied meekly , ‘ I must also be responsible for the deaths of Vechey and Brampton .
15 The general understanding was that to all intents and purposes the State would now be responsible for the nation 's housing stock — its quality , quantity and distribution .
16 Q. If the cost of the work became so great , and there was not sufficient cash in the accounts to pay for it , who would then be responsible for the debt ?
17 Someone somewhere is responsible for the situation we are in . ’
18 The individual supervisors will still carry out their duties , but the lead supervisor will ultimately be responsible for the regulation of conglomerates .
19 Later immigrants included Henry Bolckow and John Vaughan , ironmasters who exploited Cleveland 's mineral resources and who more than anyone else were responsible for the town 's replanning and rapid expansion .
20 Platzer again was responsible for the statuary and it was from the Platzer workshop too , in the mid-18C , that the Jesuit saints flanking the nave came .
21 Significantly Fëanor learns not from Manwë , nor Ulmo , but from Aulé , the smith of the Valar and the most similar of them to Melkor ; Aulé too is responsible for the despatch of Saruman to Middle-earth , see UT , p. 393 ; Aulë is the patron of all craftsmen , including ‘ those that make not , but seek only for the understanding of what is ’ — the philologists , one might say , but also the scopas , the ‘ makars ’ , the fabbri , the poets .
22 Each organiser therefore is responsible for the production of a local development plan , which sets out the strategy for meeting the targets .
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