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"are responsible for causing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the cause or source of something. Example: The heavy rains are responsible for causing the flooding in the city.
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Streptococci are a group of Gram-positive bacteria which are responsible for causing many diverse diseases in humans and other animals worldwide.
Here, a synergistic combination of mechanical (wear) and chemical (corrosion) processes, known as corrosion wear processes, are responsible for causing surface material loss.
When they are young, they may be fearful of contracting the sibling's disability, or be stricken by guilt that they are responsible for causing it.
The precise role that viruses play in tumour genesis is not clear, but it seems that they are responsible for causing only one in the series of steps necessary for cancer to develop.
There are massive uncertainties on climate change, yes - but the balance of evidence is absolutely clear that the climate is warming; that CO2 is to blame; that anthropogenic emissions (plus, increasingly, sink failure) are responsible for causing the rise in CO2 concentrations; and that we need to stabilise concentrations below 450 parts per million.
Hanging over the publication of more detailed maps of cancer incidence are fears that possible polluters in the areas with the highest rates will sue to suppress data or to erase the implication that they are responsible for causing the cancers.
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JC virus is responsible for causing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PMLE) in immunocompromised people.
The latter, human papillomavirus, is a sexually transmitted infection that is responsible for causing genital warts or cervical cancer.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is responsible for causing the life-threatening condition known as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
It is known that rate-limited actuators may be responsible for causing Category II pilot-induced-oscillations (PIO's).
Pardew claimed the supporters, who were responsible for causing a 10-minute delay in the match – which Newcastle won 2-0 – had brought shame on the club.
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