Example sentences of "liable [prep] [art] same [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is necessary , in my judgment , to look at the facts somewhat closely to see what amounts to a discharge and how far the reasoning can be applied to the case , not of joint and several debtors , but of several debtors alone , albeit all liable for the same debt .
2 That reasoning applies as much to several debtors each liable for the same debt as to debtors jointly and severally liable for such a debt .
3 A distributor or seller who was not the manufacturer ( e.g. a retailer ) could also be liable under the same principle if he was negligent , e.g. if he negligently failed to pass on to the customer a warning label ( ‘ Not to be taken internally ’ ) which he had received with a bottle of medicine .
4 Spokesman Jim Sutton says they should be ‘ prosecuted with vigour ’ , but he reminds owners that they could be liable to the same fate if planners ever get tough .
5 And they will never pass on the fact that owners could be liable to the same punishment .
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