Example sentences of "hold [pers pn] responsible " in BNC.
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| 1 | The letter , from Oxfordshire County Council 's engineering department , said : ’ I understand you are the owner of the vehicle involved and therefore must inform you that the council holds you responsible for the costs of repairs arising from this incident . ’ |
| 2 | God holds us responsible for our actions as a part of his character development programme . |
| 3 | God holds us responsible for our actions . |
| 4 | ‘ I hold you responsible , Master Shallot , you and Master Daunbey , for the return of my book from Abbe Gerard . |
| 5 | He talks of assigning responsibility to children , holding them responsible , requiring them to take responsibility and these are natural ways of speaking . |
| 6 | South Korean President Roh Tae Woo dismissed two members of his Cabinet and the governor of North Chungchong province on Sept. 19 , after holding them responsible for the massive damage which resulted from severe flooding earlier in the month in Seoul and the central region of the country . |
| 7 | Strict control on the police and military would include a code of conduct for the police , holding them responsible to the public , and mechanisms to investigate complaints against the police . |
| 8 | I 'm holding you responsible for this young lady . |
| 9 | As Dispensary physician almost the whole burden of the epidemic fell on his shoulders and the women of Aberdeen turned against him , holding him responsible for the facts he revealed , and disputing his fervent belief in the efficacy of purging and heavy bleeding which were ‘ repugnant to popular opinion ’ . |
| 10 | He is developing the character of Christ in our lives and as a result he is holding us responsible for our behaviour . |
| 11 | Obviously they can not be expected to vet all the publications they sell , and it would be grossly unfair to hold them responsible for libels of which they could have no knowledge . |
| 12 | ‘ You ca n't surely hold me responsible for that . ’ |
| 13 | Nobody would now hold them responsible for the Revolution in France , but the Encyclopedie , which Diderot inaugurated ( and edited with D'Alembert ) and to which he contributed hundreds of articles himself , undermined the authority of the regime , and argued for a re-ordering of society on rational grounds . |
| 14 | I 'll hold you responsible for the clan while I 'm away . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If that child is sick from laughing I shall hold you responsible . ’ |
| 16 | Do you hold us responsible for Vechey 's death ? |
| 17 | You see , Neil 's already put his side about , we worked er how can you hold us responsible for them being late in when |
| 18 | ‘ It does n't help that FISA have never held me responsible ? ’ |
| 19 | In his Autumn Statement in November 1989 the Chancellor of the Exchequer accused local authorities of ‘ massive overspending ’ , and held them responsible for the fact that public expenditure for 1989/90 was expected to be £1 billion higher than originally planned . |
| 20 | You knew perfectly well that he held me responsible for Eddie 's death as well as other things ! ’ |
| 21 | Scott gave Ruskin little praise in his later writings and held him responsible for the introduction of the ‘ Italian mania ’ into the Gothic Revival . |
| 22 | Mr Nicklin , a 48-year-old insurance manager , was kept captive for two years by the Saudis , who held him responsible for the debts of his American-owned firm . |
| 23 | But because his personality was objectionable one held him responsible for his ugliness — it became impossible to overlook it . |
| 24 | Erm , and so Freud at the beginning says that he er , he , he had a personal dislike of er Wilson , and resented him for what he had done and held him responsible for the subsequent disasters . |
| 25 | Maj. Miguel Nieto , the Chief of Operations of the National Police , was dismissed on June 18 and his immediate arrest was ordered , following government investigations which held him responsible for the failure of the security forces to quell the disturbances . |
| 26 | The Government , in order to attack the notion of the Welfare State , has held it responsible for encouraging dependency , idleness and the break-up of families . |