Example sentences of "be responsible for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When you 're responsible for one dog , you form a special partnership with him . |
| 2 | Er well they 're responsible for all writing . |
| 3 | you 're responsible for those ? |
| 4 | We 're responsible for some of its troubles — all right . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | These ‘ ills ’ of industrial society are responsible for much of the illness experienced by its members . |
| 7 | Against Mannoni 's assertion to the contrary , Fanon insists that ‘ European civilization and its best representatives are responsible for colonial racism ’ ( p. 90 , my italics ) . |
| 8 | Friction and pressure from shoes are responsible for two of the most common foot ailments : corns and calluses . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Storms are responsible for many personality changes . |
| 11 | Yet it is these autonomous , creative , challenge-driven people who are responsible for new businesses , new techniques , new insights , new products , new buildings , new research projects and new forms of art . |
| 12 | 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 : |
| 13 | Functional department heads are responsible for the organisation of the department , but project coordinators are responsible for all aspects of the project itself . |
| 14 | Managers are responsible for all aspects of their branch and should be able to investigate and resolve your complaint . |
| 15 | When will the Minister admit that it is him and his Government who are responsible for all the problems , including the appalling homelessness that is subsequently caused ? |
| 16 | The CBoT Directors are responsible for all aspects of the Exchange 's activity . |
| 17 | Thugs like Watson are responsible for that reign of terror . |
| 18 | ‘ The Chipperfields are responsible for that side of the business . ’ |
| 19 | Family life and advancing years are responsible for that . |
| 20 | You are responsible for that job and you are identified on the project quality plan check list as to what you will be doing and what other members of the team will be doing . |
| 21 | Presumably , it is the wicked socialists who are responsible for that , but we never hear them mentioned . |
| 22 | But in terms of comparison and competition the professionals who are responsible for one school 's management may now have to justify to governors and to parents a consumption of time which some people might think would be better spent on raising pupils ' performance in a limited field and in ways which are visible , competitive and market-orientated . |
| 23 | The boy 's thought to be one of a hard core of 8 children , all under 15 , who are responsible for twelve per cent of all reported crimes in the Swindon area . |
| 24 | It is an absurdity to say that we are responsible for bogus applicants . |
| 25 | * The London Dumping Convention has made moves to establish a global control mechanism over land-based emissions which are responsible for 80 percent of marine waste . |
| 26 | Under the Constitution as revised in 1972 there is a Legislative Assembly with 12 elected and three official members , while the Governor and Executive Council ( comprising three official members and four elected by and from the Legislative Assembly ) are responsible for internal administration . |
| 27 | The foreign drivers are responsible for 4,892 traffic accidents in Bohemia and Moravia in 1990. 128 persons was killed and 224 heavy injured . |
| 28 | Oesophagostomum infections in the pig are less often associated with clinical disease , but are responsible for poor productivity . |
| 29 | Acknowledging that cars are responsible for 70 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles , the CBI has suggested that the taxation of road transport should be changed over a number of years to encourage the use of more fuel-efficient vehicles . |
| 30 | To that , humanity adds about 5.6 billion tonnes from burning fossil fuels , of which the developed nations are responsible for 70–75 per cent , with power stations the worst offenders . |