Example sentences of "can [be] liable for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good example of this is nuisance , for you can be liable for nuisance through the agency of your animals , just as you can be for nuisance through the agency of anything else you own . |
| 2 | If , however , he has oral sex with her and she is 16 years old or more , he can be liable for the offence of indecent assault only if it can be proved that she did not consent . |
| 3 | It has been suggested that Lord Castlehaven 's case is authority for the proposition that a man can be liable for rape of his wife But Castlehaven was indicted as praesens , auxilians and confortans for holding his wife down to facilitate her rape by ‘ one of his minions . ’ |
| 4 | Moreover unmarried couples also have families yet a man can be liable for rape of a woman with whom he is cohabiting. ( 2 ) Proof of the offence would be difficult to acquire . |
| 5 | Under present law , whether a man administers a threat or not , he can be liable for rape if he has sexual intercourse with a woman knowing that she has submitted out of fear . |
| 6 | Like any other seller of goods , a manufacturer can be liable for a breach of a term of his contract of sale . |
| 7 | The new position as a result of Litster is that the purchaser can be liable for any dismissal in connection with a sale irrespective of whether the dismissals take place before , on or after completion . |