Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] responsible " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a general rule , residents should be considered responsible for taking their own medicines , but some may be administered by care assistants under the supervision of senior staff . |
| 2 | It must be emphasised , however , that an experienced endoscopist is necessary , as Dieulafoy 's disease can easily be overlooked or concomitant lesions , such as ulcers or varices , may wrongly be considered responsible for the bleeding episode . |
| 3 | He left open the possibility that Girobank , recently privatised , could be made responsible for collecting repayments and chasing defaulters , the number of whom could rise significantly above the Government 's current estimates . |
| 4 | Each one may be made responsible for a specific task . |
| 5 | A national system of appraisal might also encourage the teacher unions to unite in a demand for the establishment of a Teachers ' Council which could be made responsible for regulating entry to teaching and for establishing a code of conduct ( particularly important when teachers are able , in appraisal schemes , to judge their colleagues ) . |
| 6 | First , it recommended that local authorities should be made responsible for all long-term care of mentally handicapped and physically handicapped people , except for the rare few in need of permanent 24-hour medical supervision , who would remain the responsibility of the NHS . |
| 7 | The basis of morality and law-abiding behaviour has become the family and it follows that parents must be made responsible for their children 's misdemeanours . |
| 8 | The Area Directors should be made responsible the effective and co-ordinated provision of legal advice and tribunal representation in their areas . |
| 9 | The name of the user to be made responsible for the SPR . |
| 10 | Each user should be made responsible for checking any SSRs generated for their project and should only submit an SSR once they are satisfied that it correctly and adequately reports the status of an area of software . |
| 11 | " In future , anyone who produces and markets vehicles should also be made responsible for their disposal . " |
| 12 | ( d ) Liabilities Under the Partnership Act a new partner is not to be made responsible for liabilities of the firm accrued before he joins . |
| 13 | Thus , if there is an outright transfer of the matrimonial home to the wife subject to the existing mortgage ( see Chapters 3 , 4 and 7 ) or the matrimonial home is held on certain terms and conditions ( see Chapter 6 ) then the occupant wife should be made responsible for the mortgage payments ( the husband would not be using the house as his only or main residence and so would not be eligible for interest relief ) . |
| 14 | The Trustee Act 1925 , ss31-32 , should be extended ( see Williams on Wills 6th edn , Butterworths , 1987 , vol 2 , p1267 and 1275 ) if monies are to be retained until such child or children come of age , so that the trustees have flexibility in their use of both income and capital of a child 's share of the trust fund , as should the power of investment so that it is not limited by the Trustee Investments Act 1961. ( v ) Insurance — Section 19(1) of the Trustee Act 1925 limits a trustee 's power to insure to insurance against fire to three-quarters of the value of the property ; as the trustees will probably not have any cash , the occupier wife should be made responsible for insurance . |
| 15 | Parents have got to be made responsible for their children 's action , ’ she said . |
| 16 | ‘ But surely — how could we be thought responsible , if the food or wine were poisoned ? ’ |
| 17 | A closed hearing held in February this year concluded that no-one could be held responsible for the death . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ We have very good arguments to prove that we can not be held responsible for the actions of a few people who did not know what they were doing . |
| 19 | Peking had warned that ‘ Hong Kong would be held responsible for all consequences of the ( Yang Yang ) affair ’ by allowing the swimmer , a supporter of the student-led democracy movement , to seek asylum in America . |
| 20 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 21 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 22 | It is believed that the report will criticise successive corporate affairs ministers at the department of Trade and Industry , despite a claim last year by Lord Young , the former Trade and Industry Secretary , that an internal investigation concluded his department could not be held responsible , and could even throw the spotlight on the role of Lord Young . |
| 23 | We can not be held responsible for returned goods lost in transit . |
| 24 | Kingsley denied that God should be held responsible for evils attributable to ‘ man 's selfishness , laziness and ignorance . ’ |
| 25 | Miserably , she backed out of the room , not wanting to desert Mrs Browning and be held responsible for her collapse , if collapse there was to be . |
| 26 | You will be held responsible for ensuring that all work adheres to regulations . |
| 27 | If we do not actually receive the money within this period , our computer will automatically cancel your reservation and we can not be held responsible if that holiday is subsequently not available . |
| 28 | Should anyone be refused admission to the flight or to the destination country by the airline or government authority then we are powerless to assist and can not be held responsible . |
| 29 | Accordingly , generalization decrement can not be held responsible for the context-specificity of the CR seen in the latter case . |
| 30 | SPARE RIB can not be held responsible for the loss or damage of any correspondence . |