Example sentences of "[adv] liable [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to enter into a guaranteed revenue agreement with the water authority whereby the income from the water charge over a 12-year period is offset against the capital cost and the developer is only liable for any shortfall on an annual basis . |
| 2 | In contrast , if the supplier undertakes to use reasonable care to manufacture the machine in accordance with the agreed specification , it could be argued that the supplier is only liable for any departure from the specification if it can be shown to be due to negligence . |
| 3 | If one solicitor instructs another on behalf of his client he becomes personally liable for that other 's costs , unless some other arrangement has been agreed . |
| 4 | An event which occurs after the breach of duty and which contributes to the plaintiff 's damage , may break the chain of causation , so as to render the defendant not liable for any damage beyond this point . |
| 5 | If the third party act is held to be a novus actus interveniens , then the defendant is not liable for any damage occurring after the act . |
| 6 | In fact the document contained a clause which provided that " the company is not liable for any damage , howsoever caused " . |
| 7 | For instance : We are not liable for any loss or damage caused by breach of any express or implied term of this contract or We accept no liability for any loss or damage , howsoever caused . |
| 8 | The defendants were held not liable for this injury , as the plaintiff 's unreasonable conduct broke the chain of causation . |
| 9 | Some forms of income , however , are not liable to any tax at all . |
| 10 | One other common law defence is preserved by the Act : the defendant is not liable under this form of liability if his livestock strayed on to the plaintiff 's property from the highway and its presence there was a lawful use of the highway . |
| 11 | It should be noted that in some other legal systems the drawer is not liable in this way and can discount ‘ without recourse . ’ |
| 12 | In reality it is all one process not susceptible to division , which is in relation to the grant or refusal of an advance because the borrower selected that form of report in his application for an advance and in consequence of the society 's decision to use its own employee it is contractually liable for any want of due skill or care . |
| 13 | If the defendant produces a false driving licence to hire a car , he is still liable for this offence even though he pays the hire charge . |
| 14 | Under the Consumer Credit Act the credit card company is also liable for any breach of contract . |
| 15 | Under the Consumer Credit Act the credit card company is also liable for any breach of contract . |
| 16 | The effect of such clauses seems to be that the party relying on them is in breach of contract in the circumstances covered by the clause , but is not legally liable for that breach . |
| 17 | The wadis of eastern Egypt are equally liable to this form of flood and many examples are described and illustrated in Hume ( 1925 ) . |
| 18 | It is not clear that producers of genetically modified organisms will be fully liable for any damage they may cause . |
| 19 | Therefore Metallica are allegedly liable for all production staff wages during a hiatus in the tour after singer James Hetfield sustained serious burns in an onstage accident . |
| 20 | Moreover under most consumer protection legislation , senior corporate officers will be vicariously liable where a corporation has been found criminally liable under such legislation ( see s20 of TDA 1968 , s132 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 , s169 of CCA 1974 and s40(2) of CPA 1987 ) . |