Example sentences of "hold accountable for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Nevertheless it was the King 's ministers , the argument ran , who should be held accountable for the misdeeds of the Crown , not the King himself . |
2 | individual managers can be held accountable for the profitability of individual products ; |
3 | Unwillingness to stand out has its roots in village life , where a community could be held accountable for the actions of one of its members . |
4 | Asked if Saddam Hussein would be held accountable for the treatment of the men , Bush replied : " You can count on it . " |
5 | However often he and his ministers warned the population not to expect an overnight return to prewar prosperity , the head of the government was naturally held accountable for the persistence of food and fuel shortages , black marketeering , and bread rationing . |
6 | Local authorities are to be held accountable for the effects of a financial system over which they will have even less control than the councils in England and Scotland . |
7 | Both the leaseholder and the federal land manager , it was agreed , should be held accountable for the condition of the rangeland . |
8 | I can hardly be held accountable for the vagaries of a junior research assistant ! ’ |