Example sentences of "hold responsible [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However in the case of couples should one partner neglect to pay the Community Charge the other partner may , by law be held responsible for payment of any unpaid sum due . |
| 2 | But we are not told what features of the French peasantry are to be held responsible for Bonapartism , nor what features of Bonapartism are attributable to the French peasantry . |
| 3 | For , like the Lugbara ancestors , they are held responsible for sickness and affliction , especially when they occur in contexts of social strife and conflict . |
| 4 | Union des populations camerounaises ( UPC — Union of Cameroonian Peoples , operating latterly as a Paris-based clandestine organization , having been banned since 1960 ; it was held responsible for unrest in the 1960s and was regarded as communist-led ) . |
| 5 | Naturally , the carrier can not be held responsible for loss or damage which results from the trader 's carelessness or negligence . |
| 6 | S. H. We were held responsible for property and we had to go round and test every doorway and that would occupy the first time round — say an hour and a half — and then usually you had to go round and test them a second time , just to make sure . |