Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] be responsible " in BNC.

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1 There is nothing within official NACAB policy that gives any support whatsoever to a distinction between paid and voluntary staff , but traditional British attitudes may be responsible for differentiation .
2 This study shows that cholesteryl oleate can disrupt pancreatic lysosomes in vitro suggesting that cholesteryl esters may be responsible for the lysosomal fragility observed in vivo .
3 He suggested , as I describe earlier , that the NHS should confine itself to health care , and local authorities should be responsible for social care .
4 Housing for Rent — local authorities should be responsible for ensuring that rented housing was available for all local people in need of it , provided wherever possible from the existing housing stock ( in contrast to Tai Cymru 's present policy of forcing housing associations to build new houses ) .
5 Consider now to what extent changes in a country 's monetary variables may be responsible for cyclical variations in real output .
6 Additionally , it has been reported that circulating PYY concentrations are raised in patients with malabsorption and it was possible that high colonic fatty acid concentrations may be responsible for this exaggerated PYY release .
7 On the other hand , the increase found in the contractile force of the oesophageal body together with an accelerated propagation of the contraction waves may be responsible for the acceleration of acid clearance .
8 The chief inspectors would be responsible for the curriculum in all schools .
9 The Authors shall be responsible for the preparation of the Work and in particular the Authors shall
10 Indeed , the White Paper maintained that there would , in fact , be enhanced local accountability as the more accessible boroughs and districts would be responsible for a fuller range of services .
11 Environment Minister Hans Alders plans to introduce " life-cycle management " , wherein manufacturers will be responsible for their products at all stages , including transporting , sorting , recycling and remarketing .
12 This is not to say that businessmen should be responsible for all the indirect effects of their policies and actions , or that , for example , the individuals in the company responsible for the hoist accident described above should be charged and sentenced for murder .
13 The new regulation reinforces the principle of " self-sufficiency " , namely that waste should be dealt with as close as possible to the point of production and that countries should be responsible for processing or dumping their own waste .
14 The same adjudicators should be responsible for control of the clock ( see item 1 ) .
15 ABB and Brush will design and build 40 electric locomotives , the remaining three Euroshuttle companies will manufacture 252 ‘ tourist ’ wagons to carry passengers , cars and non-commercial vehicles ; and the Italian companies will be responsible for 252 freight wagons .
16 It has been argued that , as newly privatised companies will be responsible for obtaining their investment from the market rather than from the government , the PSBR will fall .
17 Some strains may be responsible for a small percentage of non-gonococcal infections , but are often found in people who have neither symptoms nor any other evidence of urethritis .
18 But the latest revelations suggest that any number of culprits could be responsible for the Royal bugging , ranging from the security services , journalists and even members of the royal family .
19 But the latest revelations suggest that any number of culprits could be responsible for the Royal bugging , ranging from the security services , journalists and even members of the royal family .
20 New state governments would be responsible for local administration and some tax collection , with central government retaining control over foreign policy , military affairs , trade , the economy and other key sectors .
21 The principal investigators will be responsible for interviewing key informants about the way the system has been modified in recent years .
22 Individuals will be responsible for their own personal development plans which will be measured against agreed standards of business performance .
23 A product management structure may be superimposed on a functional structure in a matrix ; product or brand managers may be responsible for the sales budget , production budget , pricing , marketing , distribution , quality and costs of their product or product line , but may have to coordinate with the R & D , production , finance , distribution , and sales departments in order to bring the product on to the market and achieve sales targets , ie :
24 Our results indicate that epidermal LC express functional cadherins and suggest that cadherins may be responsible for certain biological properties of these highly specialized bone marrow-derived cells , including their propensity to persist in epidermis .
25 Managers should be responsible for regularly agreeing training and development needs with each employee in the context of business objectives , setting targets and standards linked , where appropriate to the achievement of National Vocational Qualifications ( or relevant units ) and , in Scotland , Scottish Vocational Qualifications .
26 In October 1986 , the Secretary of State for Health announced the setting up of a project in which ten voluntary agencies would be responsible for self-help family centres .
27 Finally ‘ bronze ’ officers would be responsible for post-disaster operations .
28 The shift managers will be responsible for the generating plant which starts commissioning in April .
29 From then , licencees will be responsible for their own transmitters , either owning or leasing them .
30 A good working relationship also enhances an officer 's intelligence system , more effectively bringing to his attention knowledge of pollutions for which the discharger or his neighbours may be responsible .
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