Example sentences of "held responsible for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some cases of ‘ disappearance ’ the whole family is held responsible for the ‘ crime ’ of one of its members . |
| 2 | A closed hearing held in February this year concluded that no-one could be held responsible for the death . |
| 3 | In practice a contestant is held responsible for the behaviour of team-members and the coach , and he may face a severe penalty if they misbehave . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ We have very good arguments to prove that we can not be held responsible for the actions of a few people who did not know what they were doing . |
| 5 | The child making the complaint can often be classified as a fuss pot engaged in attention seeking behaviour — a case of the victim being held responsible for the crime ? |
| 6 | Accordingly , generalization decrement can not be held responsible for the context-specificity of the CR seen in the latter case . |
| 7 | SPARE RIB can not be held responsible for the loss or damage of any correspondence . |
| 8 | This important legal ruling that the untaught deaf and dumb could be held responsible for the crimes they committed helped to ensure that another uneducated deaf woman was punished for the infanticide of her child . |
| 9 | I appreciate that Guitarist can not be held responsible for the extremely low quality of these tapes , but I feel that you should be made aware of the fact . |
| 10 | If anyone is ever to be held responsible for the steerable revolution , it has to be one of these two eccentric personalities . |
| 11 | THOSE three major eclipses can be held responsible for the tremendous highs and lows in your love life this year . |
| 12 | At present , parents can be held responsible for the misdemeanors of their children , yet they are not allowed to chastise their children for fear of reprisals from the courts . |
| 13 | Francis said : ‘ I could n't be held responsible for the weather . |
| 14 | Individuals who could be held responsible for the negligence in question ( for example , if it were an audit , those who were in charge of it , and perhaps the head of the audit function in the firm , and even its managing director ) might still be sued individually ( managing partners may feel as a result that they personally would have little to gain from incorporation ) . |
| 15 | Keep your chequebook and your cheque card separate : If you make it easy for a thief to plunder your account by keeping your chequebook and card together , you could be held responsible for the whole amount . |
| 16 | Individuals , by the force of their personalities , are held responsible for the breaking of truces : ‘ It was thanks to [ the Pope ] at any rate , that [ the truce ] was broken . |
| 17 | He was personally held responsible for the failures of his economic stewardship . |
| 18 | Reference is constantly made to the president 's budget and the chief executive is held responsible for the consequences of budgetary policy , especially by members of the opposition party in Congress . |
| 19 | It was Diana who was held responsible for the steady stream of royal staff who had left their service during the last eighteen months and it was the Princess who was accused of forcing Charles to abandon his friends , change his eating habits and his wardrobe . |
| 20 | The state of destination is given a discretion ( though the convention does not specify by which organ of the state the discretion is to be exercised ) to execute a letter rogatory which does not indicate the person to be held responsible for the costs and expenses ; the point here is that there is a discretion to refuse to execute letters in such circumstances . |
| 21 | If , however , the authority to make appointments to the board of a nationalised industry did not reside solely in Government , but in part in trade unions as the instruments of industrial democracy , the Secretary of State could no longer be held responsible for the fitness of the board to discharge its functions ; and it would no longer be meaningful for Members to ask Questions , nor possible for Government to answer them constructively . |
| 22 | What is curious is that the members of this same dominant group which may be held responsible for the emergence of modernist architecture , and its appropriation by the state as an authority , do not , by and large , choose family homes of their own built in this style , which is clearly incompatible with their personal desires and images . |
| 23 | However , Weatherbury people began to protest publicly that he should not be held responsible for the crime . |
| 24 | blurring responsibility : when a committee makes a decision , no individual will be held responsible for the consequences of the decision . |
| 25 | ‘ IMC can not be held responsible for the fact that your Earth Central contracts failed to guarantee your return journeys . ’ |
| 26 | However , this person can not be held responsible for the charges due from the other residents . |
| 27 | Effectively he was immersed in Albanian politics , although in February 1921 , at the request of Sir Basil Thomson [ q.v. ] of Scotland Yard 's Special Branch , he travelled to Germany for a secret meeting with Talaat , the Turk generally held responsible for the post-war Armenian massacres . |
| 28 | Sir John can not be held responsible for the loyalty of every one of his servants , and Cosmas 's death , God rest him , is a mystery . ’ |
| 29 | Under the OT policy , if the value of property at risk exceeds the sum insured , then the Claimant will be held responsible for the difference and the amount payable will be reduced accordingly . |
| 30 | ‘ Thousands of people pass through our doors every night and whilst we continue to do our best to combat the problem we can not be held responsible for the actions and intentions of each individual ’ . |