Example sentences of "[adv] be held [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A two-thirds majority , as provided for in the constitution , would only be held necessary for constitutional changes and legislation affecting human and civil rights . |
| 2 | He contended that , as the plaintiffs ' claim against the third defendant is based exclusively on conspiracy and fraud , the third defendant will only be held liable to the plaintiffs if he is found guilty of serious dishonesty . |
| 3 | Savory argued that a stranger to whom money had been paid in breach of trust could only be held liable as a constructive trustee to account for the money after he had parted with it , if it could be shown that he knew the money misapplied was trust money . |
| 4 | Since then she had deliberately avoided any involvement in man-woman affairs , so had not been held close in strong arms , not been kissed , had not made love . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | However , individual engineers alone can not generally be held responsible for protecting society from risk ; those with managerial accountability must also bear some responsibility . |
| 7 | The formal Austrian position remained that the country had been a victim of Nazi aggression and could therefore not be held accountable for such crimes . |
| 8 | This states that , where a player commits an act of foul play which has not been detected by the match officials , that player 's union has the discretion to cite that player to show cause why he should not be held accountable in the same way as a player who has been ordered off the field of play . |
| 9 | In an 1884 case , the Divisional Court held that an artisan whose wife had bought blankets at the door for 22/6d when he had given her permission to spend but 17/6d , could not be held liable for the extra sum . |
| 10 | At common law the employer did not guarantee the safety of the equipment and could not be held liable for latent defects in the equipment which could not be discovered with reasonable care . |
| 11 | At common law the employer did not guarantee the safety of the equipment and could not be held liable for a latent defect in it . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 14 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 15 | We can not be held responsible for returned goods lost in transit . |
| 16 | Accordingly , generalization decrement can not be held responsible for the context-specificity of the CR seen in the latter case . |
| 17 | SPARE RIB can not be held responsible for the loss or damage of any correspondence . |
| 18 | The MDC can not be held responsible for some problems . |
| 19 | They say that the explosion was due to hitherto unknown chemical or physical events for which it can not be held responsible for failing to predict . |
| 20 | THE ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION AND THE DESIGNERS BELIEVE THAT ALL STATEMENTS HEREIN ARE CORRECT AT THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS AND CAN NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Naturally , the carrier can not be held responsible for loss or damage which results from the trader 's carelessness or negligence . |
| 23 | Nottinghamshire County Council can not be held responsible for any error , omission or subsequent alteration to the information contained in this brochure . |
| 24 | Sovereign can not be held responsible for any train delays , strikes , cancellations or consequential claims arising from such circumstances . |
| 25 | The judge dismissed the wife 's appeal , holding that since there was no evidence that in deceiving his wife the husband was acting on behalf of the bank , they could not be held responsible for his misrepresentation and , therefore , the charge was enforceable against her . |
| 26 | It follows that the bank can not be held responsible for his misrepresentation . |
| 27 | However , Weatherbury people began to protest publicly that he should not be held responsible for the crime . |
| 28 | As Lee ( 1984 , p. 5 ) suggests , ‘ on the face of it , the [ FMI ] should mean that ministers can not be held responsible for actions taken by their officials under the new delegated responsibilities ’ . |
| 29 | The only area in which this strategy is likely to come unstuck is health , where even radical supporters of Thatcherite policies have recognised that the sick can not be held responsible for their illness . |
| 30 | ‘ IMC can not be held responsible for the fact that your Earth Central contracts failed to guarantee your return journeys . ’ |