Example sentences of "[noun sg] be responsible for [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Religion is responsible for much injustice affecting ordinary everyday life as well as newspaper-headline material .
2 A covering note would detail tasks which would have to be carried out on a regular basis and which agent is responsible for these tasks .
3 This department is responsible for all cabins and public areas and is headed by the chief steward .
4 This team is responsible for all text and graphic material as received from contributors or written in-house .
5 It is not immediately obvious which group is responsible for this process , but it is active both mechanically and dielectrically .
6 We are satisfied that no one connected with the Kent Messenger Group was responsible for that act . ’
7 This is particularly necessary where a single person is responsible for several languages .
8 It is also to be found in the special character of the theory of language which more than any other was responsible for this development , that of the Swiss philologist and professor of linguistics Ferdinand de Saussure ( 1857–1913 ) .
9 ‘ Do n't be so modest , Archie , ’ said Robins , adding for my benefit , ‘ The colonel is responsible for all manner of things — the daily radio link — ‘ the sked ’ as it 's known all over the Pacific-crime and punishment , what happens if the electricity breaks down . ’
10 The area manager is responsible for all aspects of the working railway in his patch , including operations , and his role in liaison with the sectors , which have only a limited presence away from headquarters , is crucial .
11 It is at least possible that he did not know otherwise and that his father was responsible for this fiction , assuring his son that he truly was the child of British parents , though American-born .
12 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 .
13 Finally , local government is responsible for some types of regulation , for example land use or zoning laws .
14 Trade and industry minister Edward Leigh recently wrote to The Northern Echo firmly denying that the Government was responsible for any delay .
15 yeah , it 's not the wording of a company cos companies ca n't write , it 's only human beings that can write , which human being is responsible for this wording ?
16 In fact I have made one very important friend in the past week or so and it 's ironic that your last letter is responsible for this friendship !
17 Most likely the introduction of a cult of worship of the ruler was responsible for this development , which is reflected in small objects as in large statues .
18 Kempe was responsible for many telegraph and telephone services used by the Post Office ( including sending keys , postal pneumatic extensions ) and his design of the Dover–Calais cable for the London–Paris telephone was an acknowledged success .
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