Example sentences of "responsible for such " in BNC.

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1 What might be responsible for such an unusual pattern of performance ?
2 The middle-aged mother , however , who has dependants , a job , a mortgage and a car — all the trappings of the standard nuclear family , but without the visible support of the person normally responsible for such things — is generally treated like a rabid dog , something acknowledged as being in the neighbourhood but to be avoided at all costs .
3 A brain structure responsible for such a response is an innate releasing mechanism .
4 This train of thought could go some way to explaining why he is one of the top commercial directors in Britain , the man responsible for such successful ad campaigns as Guinness , Nurofen , British Airways and Gallo Wine , who , reputedly , can earn as much as 100,000 per commercial .
5 The range was designed in the USA under the watchful eye of Chris Kelley , the director of Artist Relations for Hoshino and who has in the past been responsible for such marriages as Joe Satriani and Steve Vai with their custom Ibanez guitars .
6 Nearly all of them will become users of electronic publishing systems , many will find themselves responsible for such users ( as advisers and managers ) , and we hope a significant number will become developers of innovative systems .
7 Lilly is the man responsible for such scientific breakthroughs as the invention of the isolation tank and communication between human beings and dolphins .
8 It is evident that the experience of those responsible for such advice has not extended to the fact that the north and south of Britain are as much as 500 miles ( 800 km ) apart , and the climates can be very different .
9 He flattered himself that he was in some small part responsible for such blissful bizarrities , given that over the years he 'd brought all manner of influences through from the Succulent Rock .
10 The unfortunate side of such a policy is that those responsible for such leaks may , on other occasions , be perfectly happy to follow the status quo or actively participate in a policy of nondisclosure if such disclosure is likely to reflect upon themselves .
11 L. 266 , p. 1 ) confirms the contractual nature of judicial proceedings such as those in point inasmuch as it provides that the law applicable to the contract governs the consequences of a total or partial failure to comply with obligations arising under it and consequently the contractual liability of the party responsible for such breach .
12 Our record compares unbelievably well with that of the previous Government who were responsible for such matters .
13 As inspector-general of public works in Victoria from 1861 , he was responsible for such undertakings as docks and harbours , as well as government buildings .
14 The prominence of the percussion which , in the early days of jazz , was responsible for such expressions as ‘ Tin-pan Alley ’ produced an effect of wearisome monotony .
15 The actions of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister , when he was responsible for such matters , together with our recent announcement , have made arrangements for the coming winter much more generous .
16 Why should those responsible for such crimes and atrocities against humanity go scot free because they have managed to escape justice for 50 years ?
17 A new 3 year comparative Programme has therefore been mounted which , through a coordinated set of locality studies , aims to throw light on these linkages and to assess the importance to local economic and social adjustment of agencies responsible for such functions as development planning , employment creation and services delivery .
18 The fact that the spillovers are external benefits implies that the local authority responsible for such activity takes no account of it in its decision-making .
19 One can be confident that those responsible for such productions sometimes had access to valuable oral and written information which no longer survives .
20 To dismiss religion because of its potential for evil is to risk being onesided and exclusivist , committing a logical error , failing to appreciate the nature of religion , and mistaking the real culprit responsible for such unedifying behaviour .
21 This is not to say , however , that prevention is impossible , simply that preventive programmes need to concentrate not only on the removal or modification of isolated stresses , but also on the factors surrounding and responsible for such stresses , for these may be of equal or even greater importance in the development of later psychiatric disorders .
22 Human interference has often been responsible for such introductions .
23 As they drew nearer to the damage and she could see that it was even worse than it had looked from afar , Ronni felt herself recoil at the very thought that her own brother could be responsible for such a thing .
24 Rover is concentrating all its car making on one site at Cowley and a business park will replace the assembly plant responsible for such famous models as the Morris Eight , the Morris Minor and the Maestro .
25 Police forces around the country have sought advice from forensic scientists in their attempts to find those responsible for such attacks .
26 But even Pease is n't as famous as George Stephenson , the man responsible for such engines as the Rocket and the Locomotive .
27 As he knelt by its head he cursed the men on either side who could have been responsible for such a war .
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