Example sentences of "responsible for the [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Mr A is good at one , three , five and Mrs B is responsible for the skills that she 's good at one , two , three , four , five eight .
2 Operators earn 28p a minute for peak rate calls and 16p for cheap , with British Telecom charging the person who is responsible for the bill whether he made the call or not .
3 These concepts are utilised in the Procedure Audit process to determine measures of success from a specified point of view , as agreed by the person responsible for the procedure and its continued existence , which in practical terms is generally the person who can authorise changes to be made .
4 Was Cyril Burt as responsible for the development as he claimed or does it derive more from distinct European or American traditions ?
5 They were responsible for the revolution and their rejection of the authority of Tsar , bourgeoisie and moderate socialists alike , and their sustained assault upon the State and private property , is celebrated as one of the greatest expressions of man 's striving for liberty .
6 You 're often seen as being aggressive and impatient , but you believe that your pattern of behaviour is responsible for the success that you 've had .
7 I was in sole charge of the bank , and I was responsible for the safe and its contents because the Manager had gone to Parma that day .
8 Not only is he generally responsible for the system but he also receives all appeals from refusals of permission , and has the power to call in any application for decision by himself rather than leave it with the district council .
9 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 .
10 However , if you are married or divorced , the other parent will usually be legally responsible for the children when you die and your right to appoint a guardian is therefore more restricted .
11 They 've had er enormous difficulties and er the honourable gentleman will er know that the South Wales police authority committee , its officers and its Chief Constable have er visited parliament er to put their case to members representing the South Wales police authority area and indeed to er Earl Ferrers the minister er responsible for the police and they certainly have n't had any er criticism made of them by his own government and if er he believes that there is a criticism I would suggest that he takes a leaf out of the book of his er , his right honourable friend the Secretary of State and refers the matter so that it can be properly audited and er I think the honourable gentleman knows that when that is done he will see that there is no blame attached whatsoever to the members or the officers of the police authority .
12 The United States has succeeded in turning a politically-isolated , murderous tyrant into a heroic myth before the liberation of Kuwait has even begun , while waging total war against the civilian society of Iraq , whose citizens are no more responsible for the war than you or me .
13 In the end , he told me , he got quite good at it and reckoned that this form of involuntary pitch training was responsible for the fact that he had a good musical ear now .
14 ‘ IMC can not be held responsible for the fact that your Earth Central contracts failed to guarantee your return journeys . ’
15 Further potential for ill-feeling and hardship arises when the tenants are all jointly responsible for the rent but one decides to move without warning , creating a rent hardship for those who remain .
16 The , er , credit to that goes to the chairman and chief executive and the executive directors and they are responsible for the business and it is right , in my view , that they should be rewarded for it and encouraged to take risks to work very hard on our behalf to ensure that that growth continues er , er , that benefits the , er , company , it benefits the country it benefits the er ergo , people who are working for it , it is not inflationary because we are looking at productivity and the productivity in the company has increased significantly .
17 The peptide consisting of amino acids 62–171 was the smallest fragment responsible for the effect although its activity was only 13% of the intact clone ( lane 12 ) .
18 I 'll hold you responsible for the clan while I 'm away . ’
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