Example sentences of "[verb] accountable [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another problem , and one that was intimated in the previous paragraph , is the question of who is to be considered accountable to whom . |
| 2 | Whilst the partnership agreement may well expressly or by implication prohibit a partner from becoming involved in other ( non-competing ) business in an attempt to secure his full time devotion to the firm , breach of such provision will not result in the offending partner becoming accountable in respect of profits earned from that other business . |
| 3 | This was because players invariably came from the local community and , by meeting fans in pubs , clubs and at civic functions , somehow seemed accountable to them . |
| 4 | Consequently , the composition of authorities reinforced conflicts of loyalties : many members did not feel accountable to the RHA who appointed them but to local constituencies . |
| 5 | Large factories were made accountable for their own production , profits and losses . |
| 6 | It could not survive for long , and the Council would soon have to be made accountable to the European Parliament in some form or another . |
| 7 | The Empire resembled the North German Federation , except that the Imperial Chancellor was made accountable to the Reichstag : the rest of the Council of Ministers ( Bundestag ) , which was the Cabinet , was not . |
| 8 | Workers and trade unions could be encouraged to insist that the management of their massive savings should be made accountable to them , and should be directed towards employment-creating , socially useful investment . |
| 9 | At the same time governing bodies were made accountable to parents for the first time . |
| 10 | So it is not only the visible and active exercise of power that needs to be equalized , but also the possession of power , which , where it can not be redistributed , must at least be made accountable within the framework of democracy . |
| 11 | Well I do n't think it 's a very easy question to answer erm the Association , and I as the Director , feel accountable through a variety of channels . |
| 12 | The directors are , firstly , made accountable to the shareholders by structuring the internal division of power within the company so that the shareholders have the power to appoint and dismiss directors and to supervise them whilst in office . |
| 13 | To what extent is government made accountable by ( i ) Parliament , ( ii ) the electorate , and ( iii ) the courts ? |
| 14 | Thus , each District became accountable to the Board of Education for the observance of the Regulations , for the efficient conduct of instruction together with the organisation of the provision which included approval of tutors and syllabuses . |
| 15 | However , it was contended for the bank that Fashions and Wholesale remained indebted to BCCI for £600,000 and BCCI then became accountable to Mr Sawar for £300,000 ; this amount would then be limited to the dividend payable in the liquidation . |
| 16 | In these circumstances , in the interests of patient safety , nurses become accountable for giving the correct drug , at the correct time , in the correct dose , by the correct route to the correct patient . |
| 17 | However the practice remains accountable to the FPC for its drugs expenditure . |
| 18 | There is the view that the party leadership in parliament should lack autonomy and should be held accountable to the party rank and file outside of parliament . |
| 19 | In a liberal democracy government is held accountable to citizens by means of regular free elections , in which citizens choose between competing parties of politicians . |
| 20 | The report also stated that in countries where there was an armed opposition government troops were often given extensive powers and not held accountable to civilian legal authorities for their actions . |
| 21 | All supervising officers , including senior divisional managers — chief superintendents — ‘ should not only hold themselves accountable , but be actively held accountable for the overall level of their subordinates ’ . |
| 22 | Production was a good in itself and therefore not to be held accountable for industry 's wastes or the ill-health of workers and their families . |
| 23 | They do have control over their behaviour and should be held accountable for it . |
| 24 | Both the leaseholder and the federal land manager , it was agreed , should be held accountable for the condition of the rangeland . |
| 25 | How will they know what they are being held accountable for ? |
| 26 | ( Chapter 1 has already mentioned the classic case of California State being held accountable for not ensuring a minimum achievement for an individual student . ) |
| 27 | A manager who is not held accountable for any of his authority or power may well exercise his authority in a capricious way . |
| 28 | A manager who is held accountable for aspects of performance which he has no power or authority to control is in an impossible position . |
| 29 | individual managers can be held accountable for the profitability of individual products ; |
| 30 | One dramatic concomitant is rising fertility among unmarried teenage girls , though changes in women 's education standards and work status can hardly be held accountable for such a sharp upswing in teenage fertility as the past decade has witnessed . |