Example sentences of "[be] think [prep] [be] responsible " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dietary deficiency , low circulating oestrogens , hypercortisolism , laxative misuse , and disturbed acid-base balance are thought to be responsible . |
| 2 | Pesticides washed from farms and gardens into creeks and ponds are thought to be responsible . |
| 3 | Certain types of small bacteria , called mycoplasma or ureaplasma , have for a long time been thought to be responsible for some cases of NGU . |
| 4 | Modern farming methods , particularly in arable crop fields , were thought to be responsible for the declines . |
| 5 | A HOODED man who raped a 19-year-old student is thought to be responsible for at least six other sex attacks over the past two years . |
| 6 | Alcohol is thought to be responsible for 40,000 premature deaths a year , as well as 60pc of suicide attempts , 50pc of murders , 54pc of fires and 30pc of domestic accidents . |
| 7 | The chief of staff was believed to be Colonel Lee Hwal , who had been educated in Japan ; he was thought to be responsible for the organisation of the North Korean air force . |
| 8 | At one time , two-pipe house drainage systems were designed to keep waste water and soil water completely separate until they entered the underground drains and to prevent ‘ drain air ’ entering the house : in Victorian times this was thought to be responsible for all manner of ills . |
| 9 | The RAF was thought to be responsible for 32 murders over 20 years , the most recent being that in April 1991 of Detlev Rohwedder , head of the Treuhand privatization agency [ see p. 38155 ] . |
| 10 | Because it is also present in some beverages histamine was thought to be responsible for the acid secretory capacity of the beverages . |