Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [be] responsible " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Feb. 11 , four members of the underground Takfir wa Hijra group were arrested near Blida , while a group of so-called " Afghans " ( fundamentalist combatants trained in Afghanistan ) were reported to be responsible , among other attacks , for an attack on a naval repair centre near Algiers harbour on Feb. 13 in which one soldier and two of the attackers were killed . |
| 2 | Followers put the decline down to worries about prospects for the drinks company 's French associate , LVMH , amid reports of sharply lower luxury good sales in Tokyo.Similar pressures were said to be responsible for the decline in Rothmans ‘ B , ’ off 10 at £10.99 . |
| 3 | For example , the Variscan orogenic cycles started in the Paleozoic era were said to be responsible for the mountain chains of North America , Europe and Africa . |
| 4 | Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire . |
| 5 | Tamil separatists belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) were said to be responsible for the massacre on Oct. 15 of more than 140 people , mostly Moslems , in pre-dawn raids on three villages in the northern district of Polunnaruwa . |
| 6 | Modern farming methods , particularly in arable crop fields , were thought to be responsible for the declines . |
| 7 | Toxic chemicals dumped in the unlined landfill site were believed to be responsible for leukaemia and birth defects among children of families living nearby . |
| 8 | He was going to be responsible for something that he did n't know or care the first thing about . |
| 9 | The chief of staff was believed to be Colonel Lee Hwal , who had been educated in Japan ; he was thought to be responsible for the organisation of the North Korean air force . |
| 10 | At one time , two-pipe house drainage systems were designed to keep waste water and soil water completely separate until they entered the underground drains and to prevent ‘ drain air ’ entering the house : in Victorian times this was thought to be responsible for all manner of ills . |
| 11 | 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 ] . |
| 12 | Because it is also present in some beverages histamine was thought to be responsible for the acid secretory capacity of the beverages . |
| 13 | He was found to be responsible for the gross mismanagement of oil earnings , and was also implicated in a number of political assassinations . |
| 14 | Attacks on adult women were featured in a sustained manner in the search stage in national newspapers only when there had been attacks on several women apparently by the same offender — for instance , a special rape squad was set up when a ‘ sex beast ’ was believed to be responsible for a series of attacks on at least twenty-three women . |
| 15 | Sendero Luminoso was believed to be responsible for the murders of three Japanese engineers at the Peruvian-Japanese Farming and Research Training Centre in Huarai , 120 km north of Lima , and of Manuel Inamine , a businessman of Japanese descent , on the outskirts of Lima on July 12 , and for the kidnapping of a farmer of Japanese descent on July 16 . |
| 16 | Sendero Luminoso was believed to be responsible for the shooting of Pedro Huillca , secretary-general of the General Workers ' Confederation of Peru ( CGTP ) , on Dec. 18 . |
| 17 | Again , inhibition of suppressor cell activity was postulated to be responsible . |
| 18 | Although Norman 's actually ticked that the project manager was gon na be responsible for certain things I think it 's one of these things that need to be brought out . |
| 19 | This enquiry found that the airship trials had been unsatisfactory and in their final report they stated that ‘ … no Government department , high official or group of individuals was held to be responsible ’ . |
| 20 | In 1986 Mr Leon Brittan , the Home Secretary , resigned because he was held to be responsible for the leak of a letter containing the opinions of a law officer about the actions of the Secretary for Defence , Mr Michael Heseltine . |