Example sentences of "[not/n't] responsible for " in BNC.

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1 We are not responsible for what politicians and others do with them . ’
2 All that shows beyond reasonable doubt that eggs were not responsible for the increase in food poisoning , which has gone up 36 per cent this year , despite an overall 24 per cent drop in egg consumption and the 700,000 birds slaughtered .
3 And my elder brother , he had told me the same thing — ‘ Babi , you are not listening to us so we are not responsible for anything . ’
4 New York 's mayor , David Dinkins , has been in office for only a year , so is obviously not responsible for these decades of neglect .
5 Those who are not responsible for raising taxes are not likely to be responsible about spending them .
6 Since the receiver is the mortgagor 's agent , the mortgagee is not responsible for the receiver 's acts and defaults ; and any surplus beyond the outgoings ( including the receiver 's remuneration ) and the interest due , must be paid over to the mortgagor , and will not go in reduction of the principal .
7 John Nott was not the Foreign Secretary , and therefore not responsible for reading the international scene , but he was the next best thing .
8 When Cain asked , ‘ Am I my brother 's keeper ? ’ he was trying to say that he was not responsible for his brother .
9 The Society is not responsible for individual opinions expressed in articles and reviews or in reports of any kind .
10 The Society is not responsible for individual opinions expressed in articles and reviews or in reports of any kind .
11 While the work of Prof Harwood is valuable , cocoa butter is not responsible for the popularity of chocolate .
12 ‘ She 's not responsible for all that .
13 as if he was not responsible for his actions .
14 ‘ Tell your client , ’ said the voice at the other end of the phone , ‘ that he or she would have a better chance of establishing who is or is not responsible for his or her dustbins if he or she employed a lawyer who did n't address his inquiries to people whose principal concern is pharmacology . ’
15 The Society is not responsible for individual opinions expressed in articles and reviews or in reports of any kind .
16 The trainees have to remember that the trainers are not responsible for these policies but only facilitate them .
17 He was not responsible for G division or the metropolitan area , so this had nothing to do with him .
18 The actual source of life is not known and is not to be attributed to the God that mankind can worship , that is , a definable God developed with life , and therefore not responsible for its origin .
19 In order to preserve certain client relationships it may be necessary for a partner ( not responsible for the particular specialisation required ) to maintain personal control whilst delegating the execution of the task to the group or department concerned .
20 The Society is not responsible for individual opinions expressed in articles and reviews or in reports of any kind .
21 ‘ She 's not responsible for us any more .
22 Cheap pots are more often than not responsible for noise , irrespective of whether the host instrument is used with a wireless system or not .
23 The conclusion is inescapable that the reason why the US and UK have illegally rejected all means for the peaceful resolution of this dispute with Libya is that both states know full well that Libya was not responsible for the Lockerbie bombing .
24 She was not responsible for him and he was daft to allow it to become so bad .
25 In this way a defence that the property was already damaged and that the defendant is not responsible for the present damage can be countered .
26 280 that it may be an oppressive course to prosecute the driver of an unlicensed vehicle in a master-servant relationship , where the driver is the employee and not responsible for licensing the vehicle .
27 But a top-level inquiry by Inspector General Sherman Funk found the White House was not responsible for ordering the search .
28 He was not responsible for the dissolution of the monasteries , which was handled by Thomas Cromwell , though he heartily approved of this and hoped that the revenues would be used for education , and in particular for education of the new clergy .
29 THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS STATION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY OF PERSONS OR POSSESSIONS PAST THIS POINT .
30 ‘ You must not worry about me , ’ she said quickly , ‘ you are not responsible for me , mind , and I will not be beholden . ’
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