Example sentences of "is responsible for [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But the executive is responsible for looking after the safety of 6 million more workers .
2 The Bank of England is responsible for looking after the government 's finances .
3 Each department head is responsible for briefing the Colonel .
4 As a member of the Board and Executive of the British Amateur Gymnastics Association which is responsible for shaping the sport in this country , chairman of the Women 's Technical Committee and the Commonweath Games Council for England gymnastics representative , Paul takes a high profile role .
5 Throughout this document this person will be referred to as the Offline Manager and will be the LIFESPAN user who is responsible for entering information such as the number and type of media available for offline storage , and the availability of units for mounting offline media .
6 Linda , with a staff of two is responsible for despatching both Stoddard Templeton and Sekers samples to all their customers .
7 Once a call has come through from the police the team initiates a ‘ cascade call ’ system where say , one person is responsible for telephoning six other team members .
8 In addition , the Bank is responsible for funding the constant flow of maturing government debt instruments , and carrying out open market operations in respect of private sector holdings of government debt in response to desired policy objectives .
9 ( marketing and PR officer ) is responsible for assisting with the implementation of marketing and PR strategy , organising exhibitions and events such as conferences or seminars that may be arranged , the annual lunch and any public receptions planned from year to year .
10 The plates are produced in California , and the UK office is responsible for handling plate distribution throughout most of Europe : Czechoslovakia , France , Germany , Holland , Hungary , Italy , Portugal , Romania and Spain .
11 Where applications are made on notice : ( a ) notice is to be served on the opposite party and filed in the court not less than two days before the hearing , unless the court gives leave for short notice ; and ( b ) the party making the application is responsible for ascertaining that the court will be available to hear the application and that sufficient time will be available .
12 The Information Production Group ( IPG ) in the central NACAB offices in London is responsible for supplying and updating the complex information that advice workers in the 1,000 bureaux need to advise and inform bureaux clients .
13 Particularly the indie sector , which is responsible for supplying so many new acts .
14 The Bank is responsible for printing and issuing banknotes and coins in the UK .
15 At present the city council is responsible for destroying clinical waste from hospitals , but under the new scheme the service would pass to the private sector .
16 Transmitter substances appear also to be released at neuromuscular junctions : there is evidence that glutamate is responsible for transmitting excitation from nerves to muscle ( e.g. Beranek and Miller , 1969 ) and that GABA may act as an inhibitory transmitter at these sites .
17 In this situation , the artist is responsible for collecting money ( often through their own accountants ) , while the manager invoices the artist on a monthly basis for his or her commission and expenses .
18 A centre could devise eg. a ‘ student centred ’ assessment system where each learner is responsible for collecting evidence of his/her achievement and judging his/her own performance against the criteria .
19 All of the privatised utilities have a specialist regulator who is responsible for promoting competition , reviewing prices and protecting the public interest .
20 Every nurse in the ward is responsible for promoting good nursing care .
21 Ladies and gentlemen , he would say , Ladies and gentlemen , now it gives me very great pleasure to introduce the woman who is responsible for holding this whole show together ; the woman who first understood all those years ago that there was crying need for a place where all you lovely people could gather of an evening , the one that we all know and love , and so … would you please welcome on stage , the very lovely , the very talented … once again … our very own … and sometimes he would fade out , and not even say her name , and he would pause , he would make us wait , he would suspend his elegant hands over the keys ; and then , in that silence , he would play the first notes of the actual song itself .
22 In Mr Foley 's view the idea that high corporate gearing is responsible for holding back economic recovery is misleading , since companies on average were not particularly heavily indebted when the recession began and have subsequently reduced their borrowing levels .
23 The Training and Employment Agency is responsible for providing an all age guidance and placement service , careers advice and information on training opportunities .
24 Manager , Production Planning and Control — this role is responsible for providing the framework and the impetus for production-the main activities of the role are described in the following chapter on this topic .
25 The Head of Department is responsible for providing the resources to teach modules in the way that has been agreed .
26 The Government is responsible for providing a wide range of services from railways and roads to hospitals and clinics .
27 Briefing sessions should provide advice on : who is responsible for overseeing the removal — the employer or the employee ; choosing a contractor ; packing goods ; storage facilities on arrival ; and the time-scale of the removal process .
28 An area committee of local councillors is responsible for overseeing these local services .
29 The lack of resources allocated by the government — one man is responsible for overseeing timber operations across the country — has meant that it is unable to enforce the regulations .
30 It is certainly helped by the fact that the spadefoot toad 's eggs are black , covered by a pigment called melanin which helps protect them from the sun 's rays ( the same pigment is responsible for tanning in human beings ) .
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