Example sentences of "was responsible for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was responsible for industrial relations and union negotiations . |
| 2 | Coming to England as a political refugee , he had originally worked for Thomas Gray , the poet , who , as Professor of History , was responsible for modern languages in the University . |
| 3 | Appointed principal of the Calcutta School of Art and keeper of the Government Art Gallery in 1896 , a post he held until 1906 , he was responsible for momentous changes in the art-school curriculum which led to the first Indian nationalist art movement , the Bengal School of Painting , under the artist Abanindranath Tagore . |
| 4 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 5 | Bibby joined the council immediately after the child care crisis of the mid-80s and was responsible for various changes essential to the organisation , introducing new child care services and revising structures . |
| 6 | The list had been drawn up and presented to Cristiani by the independent Truth Commission , with responsibility under the peace agreement for ascertaining who was responsible for human rights violations during the civil war ( 1980-1991 ) . |
| 7 | There is also the danger of unwittingly shielding the actions and motives of senior management from criticism by implying that it was ‘ the organisation ’ that was responsible for particular decisions . |
| 8 | He was able to ensure that the strong anti-natalist movement penetrated the highest offices of state and was responsible for enormous sums being spent in US foreign aid thereafter ( Simon 1981 ; Warwick 1982 ) . |