Example sentences of "[pron] be responsible for [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You are my guest , I am responsible for your safety .
2 ‘ That means I 'm responsible for his spiritual welfare .
3 ‘ Do you and your family think I 'm responsible for his death ? ’
4 Stop behaving as if I 'm responsible for your welfare .
5 I 'm responsible for your accounts in this area .
6 To say either that someone acts authoritatively or that someone is responsible for his actions may depend upon the possibility of ascribing mental states or capacities but neither is merely a shorthand way of ascribing them .
7 I was responsible for her very existence and her every form came straight out of my heart . ’
8 People , as well as animals , secrete substances called pheromones which are responsible for their own individual body scent .
9 A small proportion involves those who are engaged indirectly , their services being obtained from other organisations which are responsible for their remuneration and which charge the client organisation a fee .
10 This shaping depends on political and ideological formations and it is these which are responsible for its ‘ consequences ’ too .
11 It is not merely the northerly situation of Champagne which is responsible for its unique climate , the region is also influenced by the Atlantic .
12 ( a ) Contents of map The map is kept at Local Land Registries of the area covered by the Registry , which is responsible for its maintenance .
13 This was achieved by a religious ritual which may have stemmed from one in which the original parricides mutilated themselves ( and especially the organ which was responsible for their incestuous desires ) out of remorse and guilt at what they had done and in mourning for the primal father .
14 Ironically , it might have been this shadow hanging over him which was responsible for his change in fortunes on the course .
15 There is a clear analogy to computers here which are only as good as the individuals who are responsible for their programs : An error in either case results in chaos .
16 Indeed , it was his example that led me to see beneath the brilliance and beauty of Paris , where the plight of its dispossessed is mirrored in the experience of the very people — artists and intellectuals — who are responsible for its reputation .
17 We have been instructed by the Malawian authorities who are responsible for our fees and nobody else is . ’
18 Well that was the that was the er base headquarters of the international brigade , Albusate And then from there , w you were farmed out to the village , which was er er sort of the base , who are responsible for your er particular national battalion , you see er , the the the French people , they they er w they would be in one village , the English and the Canadians er er Americans would be er in this place that we were at , called Tarrazona Er and the Germans w , the German anti-fascists would be er in another .
19 You are responsible for their welfare . ’
20 You are responsible for his return . ’
21 Antonia , talking in London , said that at the end of the day ‘ you are responsible for your own actions ’ .
22 You are responsible for your own safety and that of your colleagues and should follow any health and safety rules which apply to your workplace .
23 Are you trying to deny you 're responsible for her condition ?
24 When he saw the terrorists , the people who were responsible for his plight , he lunged forward , grabbed a rifle off one of the soldiers .
25 Who 's responsible for your organization of that sort of backup .
26 Unsurprisingly , he 's reluctant to discuss their relationship — after all , since DEF II falls under her authority , most people assume she is responsible for his career .
27 Who is responsible for their deaths ?
28 Each programme is operated by a group of people all working towards some organizational objective and headed by a manager who is responsible for their actions .
29 There is equally little room for doubt who is responsible for its continuance and who alone could end the constitutional contradiction in which the sovereign has been caught up .
30 The zoologist was upset because she felt that the small animal had suffered from the journey in the box and she was responsible for its death .
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