Example sentences of "[noun] can [be] held [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , parents can be held responsible for the misdemeanors of their children , yet they are not allowed to chastise their children for fear of reprisals from the courts . |
| 2 | individual managers can be held accountable for the profitability of individual products ; |
| 3 | Qualification will depend on the knowledge and expertise possessed and , as important , the extent to which the problem-solver can be held responsible for any decision according to the system of accountability we have ; that is , the politician is accountable to Parliament and the public , and the individual to any system which the Parliament may have enacted , whether guidelines or law , and to those immediately touched by any decision . |
| 4 | In the five years since this judgment , Parliament has shown little interest , although the Labour Party has endorsed a proposal that those in the distribution business should be under a legal obligation to supply any publication requested by their customers — a reform which would require abolition of the rule that distributors can be held responsible for particular defamations of which they have no knowledge but which are nonetheless contained in libel-prone publications . |
| 5 | This is only as one might expect -at all times and in all places — for it is always a problem in art history or archaeology to know to what degree certain persons can be held responsible for the appearance of particular aspects of design ( especially where one is dealing with aspects of arrangement , structure , and figural types ) . |
| 6 | Men and women who live together as couples can be held responsible for each others charges if either party does not pay . |
| 7 | It is clear from s.1(2) that once deemed an insider , the individual can be held liable for dealings in the securities of companies with which he has no direct relationship . |
| 8 | THOSE three major eclipses can be held responsible for the tremendous highs and lows in your love life this year . |