Example sentences of "[conj] are responsible for " in BNC.

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2 This is because enzymes ( proteins that are responsible for carrying out the chemical processes within the body ) act more quickly as the temperature is raised .
3 In a 1972 paper I suggested that during the evolution of terrestrial open-country monkeys , two main selection pressures operated on the individuals whose collective strategies lead to the interactions and relationships that are responsible for the social structure ( see also Fig. 4.1 ) .
4 Fundamentally , it is the differences in composition that are responsible for all the variations between the extremes , and this produces an interesting chain of cause and effect which can be summed up like this :
5 The trypanosome parasites that are responsible for the disease survive inside the cells of the choroid plexus , the network of vessels through which blood is filtered into the cerebrospinal fluid .
6 The best type of treatment for both psychosomatic complaints and hypochondria is some form of psychotherapy or hypnotherapy ( see p l53 ) which should make it possible for the sufferer to identify the underlying emotions that are responsible for the symptoms .
7 It is those young rabbits , the timid ones afraid to venture too far from home , that are responsible for the massive damage to crops located near woods , hedges and burrows .
8 These range from the notion that creativeness reflects the same warring psychological tendencies that are responsible for insanity to the intriguing , though question-begging , idea that some mad people are simply labelled as geniuses because of their apparently mystical and divinely inspired qualities of thought .
9 We can appreciate one reason for this if we examine the question , not from the viewpoint of symptoms used to try to distinguish schizophrenia from affective psychosis , but by looking at the underlying psychological processes that are responsible for the two states .
10 These findings suggest that axonal electrical activity normally controls the production and/or release of the growth factors that are responsible for proliferation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells and thereby helps to control the number of oligodendrocytes that develop in the region .
11 Transformation in an organization can also address structure , or the basic parts of the organization that are responsible for its character or its nature .
12 This is most confusing since , in England and Wales , there are local government departments — the social services departments — that are responsible for the personal social services but are not directly concerned with health or social security , the main concerns of the secretary of state .
13 It is , therefore , important to try to establish the starting point relevant to the early 1990s in order to convince those that are responsible for overall planning and funding that there is an increasing need to train skilled personnel in all the health professions but particularly in medicine .
14 The detailed battles go on between Her Majesty 's Treasury , whose constitutional role is to contain spending , and the spending departments that are responsible for the individual services and aware of the demands they are under and of the nature of the rising costs to which they are subject .
15 The effect on bile secretion seen after intracerebroventricular injection of neuropeptide Y in these studies may therefore be the result of neuropeptide Y binding to receptors that are responsible for releasing cephalic phase secretion .
16 Hurley suggests that endotoxin in the bloodstream is an epiphenomenon accompanying the transition of bacteria to their cell-wall deficient L-forms , and that it is these L-forms that are responsible for the symptoms .
17 bZIP represents the basic and leucine zipper domains that are responsible for DNA-binding and dimerisation .
18 and all the companies that are responsible for for re-using it and all the distribution network is set up for collecting an an sending it from here to there you know , once that network is going then surely
19 Even in areas where the use of nylon set-nets and ‘ rolling hooks ’ are officially prohibited , these practices are still in use and are responsible for many dolphin deaths each year .
20 For our purposes , it is only necessary to mention the larger , superficial muscle groups which affect the shape of the body and are responsible for the movement of the limbs .
21 For our purposes , it is only necessary to mention the larger , superficial muscle groups which affect the shape of the body and are responsible for the movement of the limbs .
22 The eastern diamondback and the western diamondback are regarded as the most dangerous snakes in North America and are responsible for a number of human fatalities every year .
23 The Lothern Sea Guard are part of the citizen soldiery of Eataine , and are responsible for manning the defences of Lothern and guarding against sea-borne invaders .
24 The upper stratum is made up of ‘ leader-managers ’ , who are elected by members of the kibbutz and are responsible for the day-to-day running of the community .
25 Service managers in public sector services usually both hold the purse-strings and are responsible for quality standards , and the tensions implicit in having this dual responsibility should be recognized .
26 We would then all be able to have some understanding of the laws that govern the universe and are responsible for our existence .
27 Local education authorities in Northern Ireland are called Education and Library Boards , and are responsible for the local provision and administration of schools and further education , as well as university awards .
28 ( also known as education social worker ) Education welfare officers liaise with Social Services Departments and are responsible for the general well-being of school children , not only ensuring that they attend school regularly but also dealing with grants , allowances and services which they may need to be able to attend ( e.g. clothing , transport , free school meals ) .
29 You are accountable for the resources you manage and are responsible for making the best possible use of these .
30 The remaining 29 companies , which were in existence before privatisation of the water authorities , serve particular localities and are responsible for water supply only .
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