Example sentences of "[vb pp] to be responsible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | To this end the purchasing department can usually be expected to be responsible for the following : |
| 2 | LIFESPAN will automatically mail a user deemed to be responsible for the SPR from the following list ( in the order specified ) : — |
| 3 | A certain amount of attention is paid to colonialism in seeking an explanation for the political power of the bureaucracy in post-colonial states , and in particular its ‘ overdevelopment ’ in relation to other political institutions , since the role assigned to bureaucracy under colonialism is widely reckoned to be responsible for its present dominance . |
| 4 | Followers put the decline down to worries about prospects for the drinks company 's French associate , LVMH , amid reports of sharply lower luxury good sales in Tokyo.Similar pressures were said to be responsible for the decline in Rothmans ‘ B , ’ off 10 at £10.99 . |
| 5 | As parts of a whole Universe we could be said to be responsible for everything , for we are an active part of an active creation . |
| 6 | For example , the Variscan orogenic cycles started in the Paleozoic era were said to be responsible for the mountain chains of North America , Europe and Africa . |
| 7 | The students could not be said to be responsible for their own actions and thoughts . |
| 8 | Environmental chemicals and foods are said to be responsible for an unlimited variety of symptoms which occur in the absence of physical findings or abnormal laboratory results . |
| 9 | Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire . |
| 10 | UNITA admitted that abuses had occurred , but blamed N'Zau Puna , who was also said to be responsible for the disappearances . |
| 11 | Tamil separatists belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) were said to be responsible for the massacre on Oct. 15 of more than 140 people , mostly Moslems , in pre-dawn raids on three villages in the northern district of Polunnaruwa . |
| 12 | Certain types of small bacteria , called mycoplasma or ureaplasma , have for a long time been thought to be responsible for some cases of NGU . |
| 13 | The penultimate chapter examines selected features of crime in general , especially the social characteristics of persons thought to be responsible for various offences . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ] . |
| 18 | Because it is also present in some beverages histamine was thought to be responsible for the acid secretory capacity of the beverages . |
| 19 | Modern farming methods , particularly in arable crop fields , were thought to be responsible for the declines . |
| 20 | He 's been nicknamed the M25 robber because he 's also thought to be responsible for up to 20 armed raids near the M25 around London . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A BOY of 13 thought to be responsible for a car crimewave sobbed loudly last night as magistrates ruled he should be placed in a secure unit for three months — 300 miles from his home . |
| 23 | A BOY of 13 thought to be responsible for a car crimewave sobbed last night as magistrates ruled he should be placed in a secure unit for three months — 300 miles from his home . |
| 24 | The industry is alleged to be responsible for the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE ) , through the practice of feeding farm stock with recycled remains of other farm animals and poultry . |
| 25 | Er er an election agent , election agent when you 're er a er d doing the work of an election agent , you 've got to be responsible for all the data going out concerning the running of the election . |
| 26 | Changes in the gall bladder , such as the increased absorption of water and the hypersecretion of mucous glycoprotein have also been shown to be responsible for cholesterol gall stone formation . |
| 27 | We observed that deletions up to nt -531 did not impair transcriptional activity , although this region comprises the RARE sequence known to be responsible for the retinoic acid-mediated transcriptional enhancement . |
| 28 | He was found to be responsible for the gross mismanagement of oil earnings , and was also implicated in a number of political assassinations . |
| 29 | In organizations and government departments who regularly advertise , someone will be appointed to be responsible for the advertising . |
| 30 | Demands for action to clean up sulphur dioxide emissions from power stations , widely believed to be responsible for the ‘ acid rain ’ that was killing forests , lakes and rivers — not just in Scotland , but as far afield as Germany and Scandinavia — were brushed aside on the grounds of inconclusive evidence ; a similar attitude was taken towards the radioactive discharges from the nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield . |