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

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1 It is , therefore , important to try to establish the starting point relevant to the early 1990s in order to convince those that are responsible for overall planning and funding that there is an increasing need to train skilled personnel in all the health professions but particularly in medicine .
2 Against Mannoni 's assertion to the contrary , Fanon insists that ‘ European civilization and its best representatives are responsible for colonial racism ’ ( p. 90 , my italics ) .
3 Under the Constitution as revised in 1972 there is a Legislative Assembly with 12 elected and three official members , while the Governor and Executive Council ( comprising three official members and four elected by and from the Legislative Assembly ) are responsible for internal administration .
4 Oesophagostomum infections in the pig are less often associated with clinical disease , but are responsible for poor productivity .
5 A number of actuaries are responsible for individual company pension schemes with funds amounting to hundreds of millions of pounds .
6 These processes , too , are subject to political and economic analyses and are often intimately bound up with land-users who are responsible for accelerated soil erosion .
7 However , in some tropical and subtropical areas , some species are responsible for severe enteritis in calves .
8 The trichostrongyloids , including Dictyocaulus , are responsible for considerable mortality and widespread morbidity , especially in ruminants .
9 In addition , it is important to know which of the altered plasma factors in the diabetic state are responsible for enhanced platelet function .
10 ‘ In a free democratic society it is almost too obvious to need stating that those who hold office in government and who are responsible for public administration must always be open to criticism .
11 ‘ In a free democratic society it is almost too obvious to need stating that those who hold office in government and who are responsible for public administration must always be open to criticism .
12 ‘ In a free democratic society it is almost too obvious to need stating that those who hold office in government and who are responsible for public administration must always be open to criticism .
13 The family Ancylostomidae , whose members are commonly called hookworms because of the characteristic hook posture of their anterior ends , are responsible for widespread morbidity and mortality in animals primarily due to their blood-sucking activities in the intestine .
14 Several factors are responsible for recurrent exposure of the distal oesophagus to gastric contents and the subsequent development of reflux oesophagitis .
15 Longterm results of biliary stenting , however , have been disappointing because stent clogging or migration are responsible for significant morbidity .
16 The man Bleasdale picked to head up its new Charter Train Unit was David Ward , who since 1976 had been responsible for co-ordinating main-line steam operations in conjunction with the Steam Locomotive Owners Association ( SLOA ) .
17 DDT has been responsible for drastic population declines of many birds of prey , including fish-eating birds such as pelicans .
18 In it , the Welsh Office stated that a solution for Wales had to take into account four major factors which distinguished it from England : the Welsh Office had been responsible for public sector higher education in Wales since 1978 ; the scale of the problem was quite different in that only eight local authorities and a small number of colleges were involved ; the Regional Advisory Council for the whole of Wales , the WJEC , was made up of these local authorities ; and it did not make sense , either on economic or educational grounds , to expect colleges in Wales to provide as wide a range of provision as would be expected in England .
19 In the past , the TA has been responsible for massive field hospitals ; the current approach is to make such hospitals much smaller and more flexible , and to increase their number .
20 Howe had argued in 1978 that planning controls had , to a certain extent , been responsible for urban dereliction .
21 The authorities scored a significant success in the ongoing struggle against the underground movement within the armed forces — which had been responsible for numerous coup attempts against the government of President Corazon Aquino — with the arrest in Manila on Feb. 6 of Lt.-Col. Victor Batac and Maj. Abraham Purugganan .
22 Mr Peter Lucas , a director of Bond Corporation , named the man as Mr David Michael , who , he said , had been responsible for top-level corporation security until his dismissal last October .
23 Leases are long , perhaps 25 years , and tenants agree to be responsible for general insurance and repairs .
24 Poltoranin 's deputy , Mikhail Fedotov , became the new Press and Information Minister , but his brief was to be limited to registering and licensing new media and promoting freedom of speech , while Poltoranin was to be responsible for state-owned television and the press .
25 Press Construction , a division of the AMEC , will be responsible for total control of the scheme , from basic design to the final building of the plant .
26 Most important of all , a central committee , rather like the Cabinet , would be responsible for key policy and spending priorities — the policy and resources committee .
27 Under this binding treaty , states were required to take steps to limit the emission of " greenhouse gases " , notably carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) , believed to be responsible for global warming .
28 Each partner may also be responsible for other spending .
29 Who Should be Responsible for Diabetic Care ?
30 Under the programme outlined in ‘ Restoring the Balance ’ the single tier authority would be responsible for strategic management such as setting performance and quality standards .
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