Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] be responsible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the Duchamp brothers were at this time passionately interested in mathematics ; Jacques Villon was engaged in reading Leonardo 's Trattato della Pittura , while Marcel Duchamp was a close friend of an amateur mathematician named Maurice Princet , so that it is not surprising that they should have been responsible for introducing a more scientific note into Cubist discussions . |
| 2 | Robin Cranko thinks that one of them , if not both , must have been responsible for some branches of the Cranko family whom he came across during his researches . |
| 3 | His 19th C. biographer Charles Roeder tentatively puts it at 1000 finished pictures ; and the constant flow of visitors to his annual exhibitions in Ambleside and Keswick must have been responsible for carrying his work all over Britain . |
| 4 | The constant flow of visitors to his annual exhibitions in Ambleside and Keswick must have been responsible for carrying his work all over the country . |
| 5 | An itch of fascination at this utterly different , aberrant creature twisted within Lexandro , into rage — at the sly , inhuman intelligence which must have been responsible for the loss of those brave champions of Humanity who now lay lifeless in caskets . |
| 6 | This extraordinarily convoluted definition , the whole of which is in italics , must have been responsible for deterring thousands of readers from proceeding beyond page 15 of the General Theory , but it does make sense . |
| 7 | Where there were departures from the common pattern special circumstances could often be identified which might have been responsible for the deviation . |
| 8 | This is the last bond to be actively redeemed until 1957 when a minor flurry of interest in activating redemption might have been responsible for some bond buying-in activity , although the Club waited until 1983 for the total buying-in to take place . |
| 9 | In 1968 the British Medical Journal documented a case that suggested the pill might have been responsible for causing something akin to St Vitus 's Dance . |
| 10 | Mujjaddedi had told media correspondents on May 31 that Hekmatyar 's men might have been responsible for the rocket attack on his aircraft on May 30 [ see p. 38915 ] . |
| 11 | For a minute she had believed she might have been responsible for the change in his life , but it was n't her but Maria Luisa . |
| 12 | What has upset Brian is the knowledge that within hours of Joanna disappearing from the leisure centre car park eight days ago , he was being ‘ fingered ’ as someone who could have been responsible for kidnapping her . |
| 13 | Government agents were suspected , but it was also realised that a freelance group could have been responsible for the killings . |
| 14 | ‘ They could have been responsible for the deaths of Cosmas and Damien , ’ I added . |
| 15 | I visited the chapel at Strangeways prison to see the great destruction that had occurred , and I wondered whether human beings could have been responsible for it . |
| 16 | Police said it 's possible he could have been responsible for two sex attacks in Berkshire … one in Maidenhead and one in Slough . |
| 17 | As he knelt by its head he cursed the men on either side who could have been responsible for such a war . |
| 18 | It would be appreciated if teachers could please be responsible for getting their ‘ guinea pigs ’ to and from the venue . |
| 19 | Leaders of ambulance crews argue that their industrial action , in protest at a 6.5 per cent pay offer , has exposed the lack of personnel which may have been responsible for the deaths . |
| 20 | When it came , the eruption was of massive proportions and deposited a great thickness of ash which completely buried the town , and it set off great tidal waves which may have been responsible for the termination of the Minoan civilization by ravaging the coastal towns all around Crete . |
| 21 | THE plug has finally been pulled on the London Ambulance Service computer that may have been responsible for up to 20 deaths last week . |
| 22 | Crash investigators believe fractured pins may have been responsible for the El Al cargo jet crash . |
| 23 | Fleischmann and Pons , who did not realise that they had measured their neutron signal incorrectly , thought that their cell was producing 10 000 neutrons per cm 3 of palladium each second ( in fact the totality of neutrons from cosmic rays , from the concrete in the laboratory , from radon and other gases seeping through the air vents may have been responsible for almost all of these and the fusion neutrons , if there were any , were far fewer ) , and so Jones ' data did n't appear very impressive . |
| 24 | A police spokesman said a third car — believed to be a black Citroen — may have been responsible for the accident . |
| 25 | Biologists believe the same benthic algae may have been responsible for animal deaths on Loch Lubnaig , near Callander , not far from my Stirling home , and at Loch Insh on Speyside in the past two years . |
| 26 | The Gulf War may have been responsible for the postponement of the finals of the Head/Isrotel/Tennis World tournament , which were due to be staged at the end of 1990 , for one year , but it certainly did n't dampen the enjoyment of the 12 regional winners who eventually took off for Eliat at the end of November 1991 . |
| 27 | The findings mean that , contrary to previous opinion , people of the same cultural background may have been responsible for the paintings at El Castillo and Niaux . |
| 28 | Chamberlain pointed out that the relationship between maturity and volume was not monotonic , with volume initially increasing , and then decreasing as delivery became imminent , and this may have been responsible for the positive relationship . |
| 29 | It is becoming clear how important was Eorcenwald 's role in the evolution of the diplomatic form of early Anglo-Saxon charters in the 680s and thereafter ; indeed he may have been responsible for drafting Caedwalla 's charter to Farnham . |
| 30 | As sheriff of Oxford and Buckingham from 1308 to 1310 , forester of Whittlewood Forest in Buckinghamshire from 1308 , constable of Oxford castle from 1311 to 1321 , and steward of the royal household from 1311 to 1325 , Richard moved from local administration to the centre of power and may have been responsible for introducing Roger to royal service . |