Example sentences of "be responsible for many " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Storms are responsible for many personality changes .
3 They have also been responsible for many symposia and meetings for specialists in the field of venereology .
4 Rockfall has been responsible for many of the accidents in the range this year , despite the predictable statement from the Chamonix Guides that most were due to incompetence — an inevitable trait of those not climbing with a guide !
5 As will be seen in Chapter 6 , however , some of these isolates have been responsible for many of the revolutionary advances in scientific knowledge .
6 ICI has been responsible for many major developments in acrylics since the 1930s .
7 If it is stimulated every time we sit down then tremendous tensions will build up over the years ; these will give rise to neck and back problems , and will also be responsible for many headaches and migraines .
8 The wrong sort of chair may be responsible for many of our backaches today .
9 He concludes : ‘ such a process might be responsible for many of the phenomena of Earth Mysteries , indeed for most paranormal events which , like the salmon , are often extremely elusive . ’
10 We may not personally be responsible for many of the barriers in society that disabled people we work with have to face .
11 One office may be responsible for many millions of pounds worth of purchase orders .
12 Further , a DOCTOR can be responsible for many CLINICAL SESSIONS , but a CLINICAL SESSION is the responsibility of only one DOCTOR .
13 Its councillors were responsible for many public works schemes .
14 In addition , they were responsible for many slum-clearance and house-building schemes — the most notable of which occurred in Leeds during the mid- and late 1930s .
15 It is evident from this that the contractors were responsible for many of the details and not a little of the basic design .
16 Some women managed to keep their condition secret and in the late nineteenth century it was probably these women who were responsible for many of the infanticide cases .
17 An adequate , well-balanced diet is one of the most important factors in the maintenance of health in older people , and the lack of it is responsible for many preventable illnesses .
18 The Engineers School is responsible for many of the Empire 's technical innovations over the past few centuries .
19 The plans , adopted by NatWest , and which will go on show to the public after Easter , have been designed by the Fitzroy Robinson Partnership , a firm of architects which was responsible for many of the high-quality buildings in the City .
20 Kempe was responsible for many telegraph and telephone services used by the Post Office ( including sending keys , postal pneumatic extensions ) and his design of the Dover–Calais cable for the London–Paris telephone was an acknowledged success .
21 At the same time he was responsible for many improvements , taking out seven patents up to 1851 for cotton spinning and several thereafter for power-loom weaving .
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