Example sentences of "that was responsible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Tønder example , however , the vugs occur in the subsurface on top of a salt dome , with thick units of halite above and below , and it is more probable that they were formed by the same late-leaching process that was responsible for the intercrystalline porosity ( Clark 1980a ) . |
| 2 | Lamarck , and many of his contemporaries ( including Charles Darwin himself in the later stages of his life ) , supposed that repeated use of a trait could itself change the genetic material that was responsible for the transmission of that trait so that characters acquired or improved by repeated use could be inherited directly by the offspring . |
| 3 | He saw that it was this very racism that was responsible for forcing blacks into positions of marginality . |
| 4 | With hindsight , it can be appreciated that it was not the Copernican theory that was responsible for the faulty prediction , but one of Brahé 's auxiliary assumptions . |
| 5 | The party and state apparatus that was responsible for the management of the economy would be reduced to about a tenth of its present size ; and democratic practices would be revived within the CPSU , primarily through party-wide discussions and votes on major issues . |
| 6 | There is also the danger of unwittingly shielding the actions and motives of senior management from criticism by implying that it was ‘ the organisation ’ that was responsible for particular decisions . |
| 7 | At the very outset , the party leadership took the view that manifestos and policy promises were part of the " old " politics that was responsible for Britain 's troubles . |
| 8 | Perhaps the managerial talent that was responsible for the steady growth is spread too thin . |
| 9 | The fountain-head and settling tank of the aqueduct were also rebuilt ; two fragmentary inscriptions would suggest that the work was carried out by a detachment of Legio XX , possibly the same detachment that was responsible for the granaries . |
| 10 | Jason was in charge of the team that was responsible for devising the new fuels always in demand by the competitors in Formula One Grand Prix racing . |
| 11 | The manor did not disappear when the Middle Ages drew to a close , nor when the Tudors made the parish the administrative unit that was responsible for maintaining the poor and the highways and for petty law and order . |
| 12 | It had probably been the wish to secure ready cash to pay the troops that was responsible for legislation in 1429 requiring that the entire price of the wool must be paid in gold and silver , and that one-third of the price , in bullion , be handed over to the Calais mint ( 84 , pp.261 , 275 , 279–80 ) . |