Example sentences of "[noun sg] was responsible for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She guessed that the earthquake was responsible for his presence , since flights in and out of Taipei were functioning normally again already , but whatever concern had brought him was unlikely to be personal . |
| 2 | And that volcanic streak was responsible for his rash announcement last December to retire after he was sent off and banned for four games at his last French club , Nimes . |
| 3 | At first , the parish was responsible for its poor , then came the union of parishes and then the Boards of Guardians followed by the local authorities ( county and county borough councils ) . |
| 4 | After the wine for the day had been chosen by the master of the house , the butler was responsible for its presentation at table . |
| 5 | And the House of Lords reversed the Court of Appeal and decided that the union was responsible for its shop stewards . |
| 6 | This pessimism was responsible for his decision to discontinue the publication of the Criterion in January 1939 . |
| 7 | ‘ Are you seriously saying it proves his sister was responsible for his work ? ’ |
| 8 | But some of the other men supported the Tibetan : within his own home Kalchu was responsible for his dog 's behaviour . |