Example sentences of "were [vb pp] to be responsible " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Feb. 11 , four members of the underground Takfir wa Hijra group were arrested near Blida , while a group of so-called " Afghans " ( fundamentalist combatants trained in Afghanistan ) were reported to be responsible , among other attacks , for an attack on a naval repair centre near Algiers harbour on Feb. 13 in which one soldier and two of the attackers were killed . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Modern farming methods , particularly in arable crop fields , were thought to be responsible for the declines . |
| 7 | Toxic chemicals dumped in the unlined landfill site were believed to be responsible for leukaemia and birth defects among children of families living nearby . |