Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] [be] responsible " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are several possible mechanisms which may be responsible for this adaptation . |
| 2 | This allowed the identification of a humoral mediator which might be responsible for the motility changes . |
| 3 | The Liberal Democrat leader , Mr Paddy Ashdown , called last week 's repatriation operation a ‘ three o ’ clock knock ’ , and warned that it set an ‘ appalling example ’ to China , which would be responsible for the safekeeping of British subjects in the colony from 1997 . |
| 4 | It concluded that there were two serious options : ( a ) a broadcasting unit established as a department of the House which would be responsible for the whole operation involved in producing the signal from the Chamber and committees , and possibly the Lords ( this is the solution adopted in several legislatures in Canada ) ; and ( b ) an independent unit answerable to a select committee and contracted to the House to produce the signals on the same integrated basis as in option ( a ) . |
| 5 | When the Royal Africa Company collapsed under the weight of its fixed costs , the need for permanent bases on the West African coast — essential if only because half-a-dozen other European countries were setting up forts there — led the government first to try to organize the slave-trading merchants into a loosely organized company which would be responsible for looking after the forts , and then to provide a subsidy to keep them going . |
| 6 | They recommended , therefore , seven regional authorities which would be responsible for most of the major local authority services and thirty-seven district authorities . |
| 7 | On Sept. 1 , 1989 , Kadhafi issued a decree setting up the General Committee for Defence , which would be responsible for organizing " the armed people " and would replace the Armed Forces General Command . |
| 8 | Under the legislation gene technology would be regulated by a new body , the Central Committee for Biological Safety , which would be responsible to the Health Ministry in Bonn . |
| 9 | It was agreed that parliament should consist of a national assembly , which would be responsible for the preparation and adoption of principal pieces of legislation and which would control the budget , and a senate , which would represent the regions and would have the power to review , refer and delay legislation . |
| 10 | The report recommends setting up a new centralized inter-agency , inter-state programme which would be responsible for funding , monitoring and giving advice . |
| 11 | Waites envisages a new , government-funded , independent organisation which would be responsible for raising standards of food hygiene by publicity and by the training of food-handlers. 60,000 cases of food poisoning were reported last year , representing a threefold rise since 1980 . |
| 12 | If such a letter is not available at enrolment then the name of the grant awarding authority which will be responsible for payment of fees must be provided . |
| 13 | He will be the first chief executive of the new Lloyd 's Market Board , which will be responsible for the growth of the worldwide business . |
| 14 | The survey will also supply intelligence and research to support local authorities and the new local enterprise companies ( LECs , equivalent to TECs in England and Wales ) which will be responsible for the local implementation of training policy . |
| 15 | Most vocational courses in Scotland fall under the aegis of SCOTVEC [ the Scottish Vocational Education Council ] which will be responsible for implementing of the Government 's recent initiatives on training . |
| 16 | Further , in a currency union there can exist only one independent supplier of the union currency which will be responsible for the union 's monetary and exchange rate policies . |
| 17 | Gloucestershire Social Services department , which will be responsible for overseeing the private school , say if new pupils are enrolled the school will be subject to detailed inspections regarding the welfare of the children . |
| 18 | He also underlined the increasing pressures on local government budgets which will be responsible , despite claims of a massive shortfall in funding , for the implementation of community care . |
| 19 | It is not disputed , however , that all pregnant women should be immunised against rubella which can be responsible for one in 200 cases of severe mental handicap . |
| 20 | What might be responsible for such an unusual pattern of performance ? |