Example sentences of "hold [adj] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However in the case of couples should one partner neglect to pay the Community Charge the other partner may , by law be held responsible for payment of any unpaid sum due . |
| 2 | But we are not told what features of the French peasantry are to be held responsible for Bonapartism , nor what features of Bonapartism are attributable to the French peasantry . |
| 3 | For , like the Lugbara ancestors , they are held responsible for sickness and affliction , especially when they occur in contexts of social strife and conflict . |
| 4 | Union des populations camerounaises ( UPC — Union of Cameroonian Peoples , operating latterly as a Paris-based clandestine organization , having been banned since 1960 ; it was held responsible for unrest in the 1960s and was regarded as communist-led ) . |
| 5 | Naturally , the carrier can not be held responsible for loss or damage which results from the trader 's carelessness or negligence . |
| 6 | S. H. We were held responsible for property and we had to go round and test every doorway and that would occupy the first time round — say an hour and a half — and then usually you had to go round and test them a second time , just to make sure . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The accounts , records , etc. of the partnership must be kept at the principal place of business , and be held available for inspection by any of the partners . |
| 9 | The four firms were also penalized by being forced to curtail their commercial activities for four days , held liable for tax due on the compensation payments , and fined by the Tokyo Stock Exchange . |
| 10 | The survey is usually carried out by a chartered surveyor , which means — in theory at least — that he can be held liable for negligence and sued for damages . |
| 11 | The downside is that , unlike financial controllers , directors can , technically speaking , be held liable for negligence and consequently sued . |
| 12 | The defendant was held liable for trespass , for ‘ the right to the possession draws after it a constructive possession , which is sufficient to support the action . ’ |
| 13 | However , in M v. Home Office the Court of Appeal held that although neither the Crown as such nor a government department could be held liable for contempt as a result of disobeying a court order ( including an order of prohibition or mandamus ) because they are not ‘ legal persons ’ , Ministers and civil servants could be personally guilty of contempt for failing to comply with an order directed to a Minister in his or her official capacity . |