Example sentences of "have been responsible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is likely that the professionals who have been responsible for the running of such companies at local level will have been allied to the more liberal group among the upper protestant classes , as represented by such families as the O'Neills , who have looked to the English public schools for the right sort of education . |
| 2 | Safe as the Mark 3 coaches have been , however , their designers have been responsible for actually causing one or two accidents because straps and fixings holding underfloor equipment were inadequate and worked loose , allowing major items to fall off . |
| 3 | Outmigration to cities in search of menial jobs or part-time work in nearby plantations provide remittances and reduce food demand , but these activities also reduce labour availability and have been responsible for the collapse of old-established terracing systems in the Middle and near East , particularly Yemen and also in the Andean part of Peru and Colombia . |
| 4 | The fact is , over the past few months , I have been responsible for a series of small errors in the carrying out of my duties . |
| 5 | They have been responsible for destroying one of earth 's greatest treasures . |
| 6 | In Tasmania , however , schools have been responsible for allocating resources for some time . |
| 7 | Then , perhaps in the preface , the author refers to some research assistants who have been responsible for collecting data for the study . |
| 8 | In recent years the Employment Department and the Department of Trade and Industry have been responsible for appropriate interventions but they have been more of a fire fighting nature than a sustained development of policy and role — which in any case , has not been the way government departments have tended to behave since they are organised to implement government policy in the immediate rather than long term . |
| 9 | We have been responsible for launching our children into life and are well aware that we have made the usual crop of mistakes , even though we have tried our hardest to do what is best for them . |
| 10 | Our surgical orthopaedic tradition and our professionally qualified consultants have been responsible for the design of thousands of OBAS ( single and double ) beds to specifications dictated by weight , shape and medical history of each of our customers , including doctors ' diagnosis , where known . |
| 11 | Behind the scenes at London Zoo , staff have been responsible for some notable breeding achievements among rare and endangered species . |
| 12 | Over the years the weather and man have been responsible for destroying parts of the forested areas and , although some re-afforestation has taken place , large areas have remained depleted for many years . |
| 13 | Now for those of us that have been slightly biased by the dubiously titled ‘ Warehouse Raves ’ compilations that Rumour have been responsible for in the past , well we can not sit up and take note , because here comes their most exciting release for as long as I care to remember ( sorry Rumour ! ) . |
| 14 | The workers , though a minority of the Merseyside institution 's 600 staff , have been responsible for a catalogue of cruelty , it says . |
| 15 | And lastly , but by no means least , are the tsunami effects , vast tidal waves usually generated by undersea earthquakes : those tsunami have been responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people at a time when they struck low-lying coastal areas . ’ |
| 16 | From the perspective of the Soviet élite , ‘ Socialist construction ’ , centralisation and Five-Year plans have been responsible for raising a backward country to a world power . |
| 17 | And it has repeatedly bragged that its fighters have been responsible for the mounting attacks on policemen , 226 of whom were killed last year . |
| 18 | In Rwanda soldiers loyal to President Juvénal Habyarimana have been responsible for atrocities against Rwanda 's Tutsi minority . |
| 19 | Whilst scholars debate how far economic changes have been responsible for breaking up these traditional arrangements , there is evidence that the idea persists that this form of joint household is an ideal which people would put into practice if they could ( Benedict , 1976 ) . |
| 20 | Perhaps part of the problem is that far too much has been expected of positivist criminology or , alternatively , positivist criminologists have been responsible for fostering too grandiose expectations . |
| 21 | And now I have been responsible for getting this man hanged . |
| 22 | The EIA have been responsible for the ban in the ivory trade , and their campaign on the plight of captured wild birds has resulted in 74 major airlines refusing to co-operate in the transport of wild birds . |
| 23 | In cases falling within this protected class , security given by the surety would , in certain circumstances , be unenforceable notwithstanding that the creditor might have had no knowledge of and not have been responsible for the vitiating feature of the transaction . |
| 24 | The report of the Seebohm Committee recommended the creation of unified social services departments which , from 1970 , have been responsible for work under various Children Acts . |
| 25 | Traditionally , government-appointed district auditors have been responsible for examining most local authority accounts . |
| 26 | He may also , four years later , have been responsible for the designing of the stylistically similar Wisbech Castle , now demolished , for St John 's parliamentary colleague , the secretary of state John Thurloe [ q.v . ] . |
| 27 | The nine Regional Councils and the three Islands Councils have been responsible for water , sewerage and sewage disposal since local government reorganisation in 1975 . |
| 28 | They have been responsible for the building of the Kings Reach Complex in Ramsay . |
| 29 | As the Government , with their policies of dividing society , have been responsible for the breakdown in law and order , can not we at least expect bobbies back on the beat to protect us ? |
| 30 | Conservative Governments have been responsible for all major environmental legislation . |