Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [be] responsible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Tasmania , however , schools have been responsible for allocating resources for some time . |
| 2 | And it has repeatedly bragged that its fighters have been responsible for the mounting attacks on policemen , 226 of whom were killed last year . |
| 3 | Safe as the Mark 3 coaches have been , however , their designers have been responsible for actually causing one or two accidents because straps and fixings holding underfloor equipment were inadequate and worked loose , allowing major items to fall off . |
| 4 | As will be seen in Chapter 6 , however , some of these isolates have been responsible for many of the revolutionary advances in scientific knowledge . |
| 5 | Conservative Governments have been responsible for all major environmental legislation . |
| 6 | Whilst scholars debate how far economic changes have been responsible for breaking up these traditional arrangements , there is evidence that the idea persists that this form of joint household is an ideal which people would put into practice if they could ( Benedict , 1976 ) . |
| 7 | Our surgical orthopaedic tradition and our professionally qualified consultants have been responsible for the design of thousands of OBAS ( single and double ) beds to specifications dictated by weight , shape and medical history of each of our customers , including doctors ' diagnosis , where known . |
| 8 | Traditionally , government-appointed district auditors have been responsible for examining most local authority accounts . |
| 9 | And lastly , but by no means least , are the tsunami effects , vast tidal waves usually generated by undersea earthquakes : those tsunami have been responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people at a time when they struck low-lying coastal areas . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps part of the problem is that far too much has been expected of positivist criminology or , alternatively , positivist criminologists have been responsible for fostering too grandiose expectations . |
| 11 | From the perspective of the Soviet élite , ‘ Socialist construction ’ , centralisation and Five-Year plans have been responsible for raising a backward country to a world power . |
| 12 | The nine Regional Councils and the three Islands Councils have been responsible for water , sewerage and sewage disposal since local government reorganisation in 1975 . |