Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [be] responsible " in BNC.

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1 To this end the purchasing department can usually be expected to be responsible for the following :
2 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 .
3 Each culture has a unique interpretation of the concept of ‘ safety ’ and what is deemed to be responsible , ‘ safe ’ behaviour by individuals .
4 LIFESPAN will automatically mail a user deemed to be responsible for the SPR from the following list ( in the order specified ) : —
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 The students could not be said to be responsible for their own actions and thoughts .
10 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 .
11 Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire .
12 UNITA admitted that abuses had occurred , but blamed N'Zau Puna , who was also said to be responsible for the disappearances .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Certain types of small bacteria , called mycoplasma or ureaplasma , have for a long time been thought to be responsible for some cases of NGU .
16 The penultimate chapter examines selected features of crime in general , especially the social characteristics of persons thought to be responsible for various offences .
17 A HOODED man who raped a 19-year-old student is thought to be responsible for at least six other sex attacks over the past two years .
18 The chief of staff was believed to be Colonel Lee Hwal , who had been educated in Japan ; he was thought to be responsible for the organisation of the North Korean air force .
19 At one time , two-pipe house drainage systems were designed to keep waste water and soil water completely separate until they entered the underground drains and to prevent ‘ drain air ’ entering the house : in Victorian times this was thought to be responsible for all manner of ills .
20 The RAF was thought to be responsible for 32 murders over 20 years , the most recent being that in April 1991 of Detlev Rohwedder , head of the Treuhand privatization agency [ see p. 38155 ] .
21 Because it is also present in some beverages histamine was thought to be responsible for the acid secretory capacity of the beverages .
22 Dietary deficiency , low circulating oestrogens , hypercortisolism , laxative misuse , and disturbed acid-base balance are thought to be responsible .
23 The process thought to be responsible is broadly analogous to sea-floor spreading along mid-oceanic ridges .
24 Pesticides washed from farms and gardens into creeks and ponds are thought to be responsible .
25 Air pollution was not thought to be responsible .
26 Modern farming methods , particularly in arable crop fields , were thought to be responsible for the declines .
27 He 's been nicknamed the M25 robber because he 's also thought to be responsible for up to 20 armed raids near the M25 around London .
28 Alcohol is thought to be responsible for 40,000 premature deaths a year , as well as 60pc of suicide attempts , 50pc of murders , 54pc of fires and 30pc of domestic accidents .
29 A BOY of 13 thought to be responsible for a car crimewave sobbed loudly last night as magistrates ruled he should be placed in a secure unit for three months — 300 miles from his home .
30 A BOY of 13 thought to be responsible for a car crimewave sobbed last night as magistrates ruled he should be placed in a secure unit for three months — 300 miles from his home .
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