Example sentences of "[be] hold responsible [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its essence was the system of alternate or multiple parties whereby governments could be held responsible to different sections of the class or classes that had a political voice . |
| 2 | Now he does n't actually make the concession I think it 's consistent of what he says , that he ought to concede that direct democracy might be better at improving the citizens , because after all the citizens have much more to do on in service of the state but his view is that direct democracy has the opposite failure to guardianship , that while it might be better at improving citizens it 's absolutely hopeless in managing the affairs of the state and his reasons for that is that we need experts with experience in order to carry out the affairs of government and although these people ought ultimately to be held responsible to the people , people should n't sit in judgment them in every one of their decisions . |
| 3 | A closed hearing held in February this year concluded that no-one could be held responsible for the death . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We can not be held responsible for returned goods lost in transit . |
| 9 | Kingsley denied that God should be held responsible for evils attributable to ‘ man 's selfishness , laziness and ignorance . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | You will be held responsible for ensuring that all work adheres to regulations . |
| 12 | Accordingly , generalization decrement can not be held responsible for the context-specificity of the CR seen in the latter case . |
| 13 | SPARE RIB can not be held responsible for the loss or damage of any correspondence . |
| 14 | The demonstrators were therefore in the wrong and the union could properly be held responsible for their actions . |
| 15 | Qualification will depend on the knowledge and expertise possessed and , as important , the extent to which the problem-solver can be held responsible for any decision according to the system of accountability we have ; that is , the politician is accountable to Parliament and the public , and the individual to any system which the Parliament may have enacted , whether guidelines or law , and to those immediately touched by any decision . |
| 16 | The MDC can not be held responsible for some problems . |
| 17 | They say that the explosion was due to hitherto unknown chemical or physical events for which it can not be held responsible for failing to predict . |
| 18 | One — in the important legal sense — raised the question of whether the untaught deaf and dumb could be held responsible for their crimes . |
| 19 | This important legal ruling that the untaught deaf and dumb could be held responsible for the crimes they committed helped to ensure that another uneducated deaf woman was punished for the infanticide of her child . |
| 20 | THE ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION AND THE DESIGNERS BELIEVE THAT ALL STATEMENTS HEREIN ARE CORRECT AT THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS AND CAN NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS . |
| 21 | I appreciate that Guitarist can not be held responsible for the extremely low quality of these tapes , but I feel that you should be made aware of the fact . |
| 22 | If anyone is ever to be held responsible for the steerable revolution , it has to be one of these two eccentric personalities . |
| 23 | Authors should never be held responsible for their publishers ' blurbs , and so one is spared the embarrassment of assessing the claim that Hugh Trevor-Roper is ‘ Britain 's greatest living historian ’ . |
| 24 | THOSE three major eclipses can be held responsible for the tremendous highs and lows in your love life this year . |
| 25 | At present , parents can be held responsible for the misdemeanors of their children , yet they are not allowed to chastise their children for fear of reprisals from the courts . |
| 26 | Francis said : ‘ I could n't be held responsible for the weather . |
| 27 | But he said : ‘ Managers ca n't be held responsible for what players do on the pitch . |
| 28 | Individuals who could be held responsible for the negligence in question ( for example , if it were an audit , those who were in charge of it , and perhaps the head of the audit function in the firm , and even its managing director ) might still be sued individually ( managing partners may feel as a result that they personally would have little to gain from incorporation ) . |
| 29 | Although the officers of these contrasting units might be held responsible for both the good and the bad behaviour , there is a touch of the ‘ kind ’ and the ‘ nasty ’ treatment often meted out to prisoners in the hope of gaining information . |
| 30 | Naturally , the carrier can not be held responsible for loss or damage which results from the trader 's carelessness or negligence . |