Example sentences of "[be] hold to account for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , there are serious theoretical problems in attempting to isolate those intellectual factors that might be held to account for social change , apart from then attempting to associate these factors with particular social groups on the one hand or with literacy on the other . |
| 2 | For Ho Chi Minh , formerly ‘ Nguyen the Patriot ’ , it was an accolade that corresponded to reality but of all the ‘ objective circumstances ’ which might be held to account for even a temporary communist victory in August 1945 at least the most striking and immediate was the political vacuum into which they moved . |
| 3 | Thirdly , self and peer evaluation seem to indicate that professionals are unwilling to be held to account for their actions by outside individuals or groups . |
| 4 | Again continental drift may be held to account for the remarkable similarity of the Upper Carboniferous ( Pennsylvanian ) Coal Measures on both sides of what one of the airlines now likes to call the " Atlantic River " . |
| 5 | Major , speaking in the UK House of Commons on Jan. 21 , underlined Bush 's attitude , promising that Iraqi forces would be held to account for their " illegal and inhuman actions " . |
| 6 | These codes apply to conduct which may involve risk issues as well as other situations , and members may be held to account for behaviour which falls short of the required standard . |
| 7 | There had been a tremendous hash made of one contract by her predecessor , it was true , but that had all but been completed when it had landed on her desk , so there was no way she could be held to account for it . |
| 8 | The doctors are being held to account for being efficient . |
| 9 | Thus either the comparative inefficiency of one hemisphere in dealing with the information presented and/or a reduction in stimulus fidelity consequent upon hemispheric transfer are held to account for the advantage obtained for a particular half of the visual field . |