Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] be responsible " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was going to be responsible for something that he did n't know or care the first thing about . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ] . |
| 5 | Because it is also present in some beverages histamine was thought to be responsible for the acid secretory capacity of the beverages . |
| 6 | He was found to be responsible for the gross mismanagement of oil earnings , and was also implicated in a number of political assassinations . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Again , inhibition of suppressor cell activity was postulated to be responsible . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |