Example sentences of "responsible for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some cases of ‘ disappearance ’ the whole family is held responsible for the ‘ crime ’ of one of its members . |
| 2 | A closed hearing held in February this year concluded that no-one could be held responsible for the death . |
| 3 | In March , a judicial inquest into the death of 42 people in Sebokeng township in September 1990 concluded with the presiding judge finding members of the South African Defence Force criminally responsible for the deaths of four people and rejected claims that the concerned were provoked to shoot in self-defence . |
| 4 | John Canaday , the incoming editor of the newspaper 's art page and responsible for the dismissal , had made a challenge to a climate of opinion in which Dore Ashton 's criticism was valued for its sensitivity , and where the art which she praised was accepted . |
| 5 | A man , back from Spain , addresses her in tones that approximate to what the Independent thought was the ‘ well-educated voice ’ , and to what the Guardian thought was the ‘ assured accent ’ , transmitted by the Intelligence chief responsible for the shooting of the IRA bombers in Gibraltar which preceded the arrival of the novel . |
| 6 | But perhaps it is not too simple to suggest that we are also conscious of Zuckerman as a deflection of the wrath over Roth which works by making Zuckerman responsible for the outrage . |
| 7 | It is odd to speak of the creation of a state as the ‘ pretext ’ for anything : the translator may possibly be responsible for the oddity here , as for the orotundity that precedes it . |
| 8 | But it is likely that the professionals who have been responsible for the running of such companies at local level will have been allied to the more liberal group among the upper protestant classes , as represented by such families as the O'Neills , who have looked to the English public schools for the right sort of education . |
| 9 | The archbishop of Dublin , Daniel Murray , had accepted a position on the National Education Board responsible for the schools . |
| 10 | Hotel chains and other groups can support systems specialists , but even independents could benefit from making individuals responsible for the operation of information technology systems . |
| 11 | Operations manager Siobhan Hunter , who is responsible for the Morgan Grenfell contract , says : ‘ We 've been looking at computers for the past 18 months , and we went for Caterdata , having seen it in action at BE Services , the in-house caterer at the Bank of England . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ No , you see , Lady Woodleigh , it was not Miss Abernethie who was responsible for the death of Jack who went up the hill . |
| 13 | When a glider is being moved around the airfield , one person should take charge of the whole operation and be responsible for the safety of the aircraft . |
| 14 | In practice a contestant is held responsible for the behaviour of team-members and the coach , and he may face a severe penalty if they misbehave . |
| 15 | May be , but it is also surely the duty of someone like Mr Chatrier , as a leading official of an organisation responsible for the continuing prosperity of tennis worldwide and at all levels , to draw everyone 's attention to such dangers . |
| 16 | The person who makes the arrangements with the funeral director may be considered to have entered into a binding contract , and become responsible for the cost , even if they are not related to the deceased . |
| 17 | The whole of Great Britain was divided between them on a strictly geographical basis , and — subject to the general supervision of the British Railways Board and its chief officers in London — each region was completely responsible for the planning , working , and selling of all rail services in its area ( except in the seven provincial centres where PTEs had been established ) . |
| 18 | The description of these services as ‘ disparate ’ surely applies also to the traction and rolling stock inherited by Provincial , the assets most responsible for the sector 's cost base . |
| 19 | He rejects charges that he was partly responsible for the ‘ casino atmosphere ’ that gripped US corporate life in the early 1980s . |
| 20 | Better informed sources suggested Soviet pressure on East Germany was responsible for the climbdown . |
| 21 | He also said that the Prince and Princess of Wales would not make a planned visit to China in November ‘ so long as those responsible for the atrocities over the past weekend remain in control of the Chinese government ’ . |
| 22 | As head of Radio 2 's music department for the last four years , Ms Line has been responsible for the blend of easy listening that makes up 80 per cent of its 24-hours-a-day output , along with presenters such as Derek Jameson and Jimmy Young . |
| 23 | I do n't think novelists can be responsible for the PR consequences of what they write . ’ |
| 24 | The museum claimed that Capricorn or the second defendant , as Capricorn 's agent , was responsible for the loss of the plaque . |
| 25 | Roger Poole , the staff 's chief negotiator , and a senior Nupe official , said : ‘ Kenneth Clarke 's refusal to talk proves conclusively who is responsible for the continuation of the dispute . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ We have very good arguments to prove that we can not be held responsible for the actions of a few people who did not know what they were doing . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The report recommends splitting the PTT in two with separate managements , one responsible for the post , the other for telecommunications . |
| 29 | PRESIDENT Carlos Menem 's decision to pardon more than 200 military officers accused of human rights abuses , together with the members of the junta responsible for the conduct of the Falklands war in 1982 , has been attacked by human rights campaigners and political opponents . |
| 30 | On the other hand , Stanley Morison , responsible for the typographical identity of The Times in the 1930s , was not an adroit penman — he simply had an unerring eye for good typefaces and strong composition . |