Example sentences of "[not/n't] be held [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Learners , for instance , may not be held accountable , because accountability implies knowledge , and it is unlikely that the learner will have acquired sufficient knowledge or have sufficient practical experience on which to base the assessment of the care given . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The first is what might be termed a " status based " approach whereby the essence of the relationship between the parties would be considered when determining their rights and obligations and any clauses incompatible with their relationship would not be held effective . |
| 5 | The actual operations in Burma are undertaken by the State-run ‘ Tourist Burma ’ — over whom we have no control — and we therefore can not be held liable or accept claims for damages resulting from changes , diversions , delays or cuts . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is believed that the report will criticise successive corporate affairs ministers at the department of Trade and Industry , despite a claim last year by Lord Young , the former Trade and Industry Secretary , that an internal investigation concluded his department could not be held responsible , and could even throw the spotlight on the role of Lord Young . |
| 13 | We can not be held responsible for returned goods lost in transit . |
| 14 | If we do not actually receive the money within this period , our computer will automatically cancel your reservation and we can not be held responsible if that holiday is subsequently not available . |
| 15 | Should anyone be refused admission to the flight or to the destination country by the airline or government authority then we are powerless to assist and can not be held responsible . |
| 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 | In most cases the 1988 Education Act offers blanket cover for governors in that they will not be held responsible , financially or otherwise , for their actions and decisions as long as at all times they have acted in good faith . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Naturally , the carrier can not be held responsible for loss or damage which results from the trader 's carelessness or negligence . |
| 24 | Nottinghamshire County Council can not be held responsible for any error , omission or subsequent alteration to the information contained in this brochure . |
| 25 | Sovereign can not be held responsible for any train delays , strikes , cancellations or consequential claims arising from such circumstances . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It follows that the bank can not be held responsible for his misrepresentation . |
| 28 | However , Weatherbury people began to protest publicly that he should not be held responsible for the crime . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | 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 . |