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

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1 More fundamentally , it is the high proportion of immigrants in this school which is responsible for the lowering of standards .
2 Mr A. D. Williams of Dundee , Chairman of the Group 's Sub-Committee responsible for the issue of statistics , reported to the meeting that a system had been devised for the collection of statistics from the various Centres .
3 WACC has been responsible for the conceptualisation of training programmes in ‘ alternative journalism ’ and has given the impetus for the implementation of a series of practical workshops .
4 Therefore , HDL may be responsible for the return of cholesterol from the periphery to the liver where mature HDL particles are recognised by hepatocyte receptors , leading to uptake and finally degradation for biliary excretion of cholesterol ( Tall & Small , 1978 ) .
5 This is the physical mechanism responsible for the increase of surface charge density in the presence of a dielectric .
6 Individuals , by the force of their personalities , are held responsible for the breaking of truces : ‘ It was thanks to [ the Pope ] at any rate , that [ the truce ] was broken .
7 The defence advocate , James Reilly , said : ‘ The prosecution paint the picture of my client being the Mr Big who was single-handedly responsible for the flourishing of ecstasy in Elgin .
8 Historically , I have no doubt that this immediate advantage was responsible for the origin of recombination .
9 Professor Fletcher was one of the doctors responsible for the foundation of ASH in 1971 and is currently ASH 's President .
10 The evangelist had managed to obtain an affidavit from one of the three Danes responsible for the publication of LRSB but who had since become a Christian , stating that ‘ Mao money ’ had financed the publication of the book in Denmark .
11 As a consequence of its success , the Northumbrian establishment which had been responsible for the débâcle of Nechtanesmere and the limited recovery under Aldfrith perpetuated itself in power a little longer and sporadic warfare with the Picts was resumed .
12 In an attempt to evaluate the factors possibly responsible for the reduction of blood pressure linear Pearson correlations were determined between changes in blood pressure and several other variables .
13 As part of the post-war creation of the Welfare State , the Children Act 1948 , introduced local authority departments responsible for the welfare of children .
14 The reference to the wishes of the electorate , although seldom recorded in the minutes of the Cabinet , was unlikely to have been far from the minds of those Ministers responsible for the conduct of government business .
15 A panel study to explore with those responsible for the conduct of programmes how these have developed and how they are working in practice .
16 We ca n't be responsible for the conduct of Mr Morrison who was off duty .
17 Within their prescribed catchment area , a reference centre is responsible for the work of health centres , for community development , and for public health activities .
18 Presumably the area is not responsible for the whole of language , only a component of linguistic performance , but what do these components look like ?
19 is responsible for the development of level IV assessments and for the promotion of the joint awarding body activities .
20 TDS.1 was responsible for the development of glider aircraft for the rapid deployment of personnel and equipment , their work resulting in the Hamilcar and Horsa designs .
21 I was responsible for the development of battery operated equipment at A.E.R.E. Harwell for a number of years .
22 The recent correspondence about traffic problems and congestion fails to address the basic cause of most of the present chaos , which is the lack of consultation and co-operation by those responsible for the development of industry , office space , housing and schools , and public transport during the last 45 years .
23 The alternative — that these lower levels are partly responsible for the development of oesophagitis — is also possible .
24 Appliances for Environmental Conditioning — Working on the team responsible for developing novel domestic appliances for environmental conditioning , you will be responsible for the development of appliances from theoretical concept to advanced working prototypes suitable for field evaluation .
25 In his report Developing an acquisitions system for a university library , Hindle proposes a system in which university departments are responsible for the development of research collections , while library staff control the provision of teaching materials .
26 It has questioned how far they were in a position to ‘ smuggle in ’ alien dogmas and indoctrinate the masses , and how far they were responsible for the development of class consciousness among workers .
27 Once home , he sought scapegoats for his evident failure by dismissing his treasurer and chancellor , who had not , he argued , provided the backing he needed and deserved , and by turning on John Stafford , archbishop of Canterbury , whom he suspected of having been responsible for the lack of success .
28 The Department of Employment is responsible for the provision of services under the Disabled Persons ( Employment ) Acts .
29 central government — to balance the competing expenditure claims of education and other public expenditure programmes , and to provide a general framework for the education authorities , which are actually responsible for the provision of primary and secondary education
30 Labour-only sub-contractors supply their labour and , in addition , may provide small tools and plant , but they will not be responsible for the provision of materials .
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