Example sentences of "hold responsible for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , I know that he would never have touched anything in the least underhand , but he is a director of the company , and he might be held responsible for things that were done without his knowledge . |
| 2 | As Lee ( 1984 , p. 5 ) suggests , ‘ on the face of it , the [ FMI ] should mean that ministers can not be held responsible for actions taken by their officials under the new delegated responsibilities ’ . |
| 3 | Lord Denning is 91 and not really to be held responsible for views arising from senility . |
| 4 | That mild man , a touch of his native Somerset showing through , had been quite knocked sideways , so he said , to learn that he was held responsible for ramifications to the matter that other men had deliberately kept from him . |
| 5 | Kingsley denied that God should be held responsible for evils attributable to ‘ man 's selfishness , laziness and ignorance . ’ |
| 6 | A key theme of policy in recent years has been to maximise the extent to which other agencies than government itself can be held responsible for inadequacies in public sector services . |