Example sentences of "[adv] have be responsible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for boffin , although the Oxford English Dictionary states that its etymology is unknown , I have conjectured that this same purist Huxley may inadvertently have been responsible for it . |
| 2 | Of course , you may not have been responsible for an existing problem . |
| 3 | ‘ I am absolutely satisfied that the biopsy needle could not have been responsible for the rupture in the wall of the aneurysm , which was on the far side from the point where the needle entered , ’ said Mr Miles . |
| 4 | He may already have been responsible for the extinction of some 450 species . |
| 5 | Confining ourselves to Vienna and the last few weeks alone , it seems he may also have been responsible for a couple of recent murders of prostitutes in the Altstadt . |
| 6 | Malherbe may well have been responsible for a new approach apparent in vol.9 and in most of those from vol.1 onwards , which contain none of the serious distortions outlined above . |
| 7 | He and a group of clerical supporters refused to accept the outcome of events , despite the fact that Cautinus was at first conciliatory — he may even have been responsible for the proposal that Cato should be given the see of Tours . |
| 8 | By that I do n't mean he could n't have been responsible for their deaths , I just mean that I do n't think he 's on speaking terms with his conscience . |
| 9 | The dominance of London may partly reflect the decline of other centres , particularly in the South and South-east , and indeed London merchants may sometimes have been responsible for this . |