Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] responsible " in BNC.
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| 1 | Female sexuality causes men to lose self-control so that they cease to be responsible for their actions — or so runs the accepted wisdom . |
| 2 | To this end the purchasing department can usually be expected to be responsible for the following : |
| 3 | What can be so easy as this when the critic has to be responsible for nothing ? |
| 4 | One person has to be responsible for co-ordinating all these different elements and the need for an integrated approach , with one person carrying the overview , was brought home sharply to me during a Youth Conference in Eastbourne in 1983 . |
| 5 | The structure and grading is now very sensitive and complex , and any advice I give here has to be responsible and realistic . |
| 6 | Eleven men found to be responsible . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Each culture has a unique interpretation of the concept of ‘ safety ’ and what is deemed to be responsible , ‘ safe ’ behaviour by individuals . |
| 9 | LIFESPAN will automatically mail a user deemed to be responsible for the SPR from the following list ( in the order specified ) : — |
| 10 | cos my sister , yeah , she wants to be responsible , she wants to be a scientist |
| 11 | Finally he has decided that I 'm just the vet he needs to be responsible for their health . ’ |
| 12 | It 's easy to look at these young hooligans on the street , as they are perceived by so many , without understanding why they are like it , and I think it would help everyone to understand , and maybe we could have some action to work towards supplying the need for these youngsters , because I belief if something could be done for them when they 're sixteen and just starting out on this erm sort of sub-culture life that they get into so quickly , if people could give them maximum help at this stage then they could grow into being responsible erm satisfied adults . |
| 13 | They believe they have found a cheap , practical means of preventing dolphins entangling themselves in monofilament drift fishing nets — the ‘ walls of death ’ believed to be responsible for killing large numbers of dolphins off Cornwall this year . |
| 14 | POLICE are hunting two men believed to be responsible for a break-in in Stisted . |
| 15 | The matter was considered by the Court of Appeal in Britton where a youth had left pamphlets late one evening in the porch of the house of a single member of Parliament whom he believed to be responsible for bringing coloured immigrants into Britain . |
| 16 | Customs sources claimed that the alleged ring laundered some £19 million in drug profits for Colombia 's Madellin Cartel , believed to be responsible for nearly eight per cent of the cocaine smuggled into the US . |
| 17 | Under this binding treaty , states were required to take steps to limit the emission of " greenhouse gases " , notably carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) , believed to be responsible for global warming . |
| 18 | A certain amount of attention is paid to colonialism in seeking an explanation for the political power of the bureaucracy in post-colonial states , and in particular its ‘ overdevelopment ’ in relation to other political institutions , since the role assigned to bureaucracy under colonialism is widely reckoned to be responsible for its present dominance . |
| 19 | In practice , the US Marshall Aid programme provided most of the necessary finance and the World Bank came to be responsible for assisting economic development in mainly the poorer countries . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | As parts of a whole Universe we could be said to be responsible for everything , for we are an active part of an active creation . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The students could not be said to be responsible for their own actions and thoughts . |
| 24 | Environmental chemicals and foods are said to be responsible for an unlimited variety of symptoms which occur in the absence of physical findings or abnormal laboratory results . |
| 25 | Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire . |
| 26 | UNITA admitted that abuses had occurred , but blamed N'Zau Puna , who was also said to be responsible for the disappearances . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | No one seemed to be responsible for looking after it , and there was a considerable quantity of debris inside . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , increased delegation will depend on government carving out more areas of activity for which authorities are seen to be responsible , and central intervention is improper . |
| 30 | Certain types of small bacteria , called mycoplasma or ureaplasma , have for a long time been thought to be responsible for some cases of NGU . |