Example sentences of "be hold responsible " in BNC.
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| 1 | A closed hearing held in February this year concluded that no-one could be held responsible for the death . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Peking had warned that ‘ Hong Kong would be held responsible for all consequences of the ( Yang Yang ) affair ’ by allowing the swimmer , a supporter of the student-led democracy movement , to seek asylum in America . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We can not be held responsible for returned goods lost in transit . |
| 8 | Kingsley denied that God should be held responsible for evils attributable to ‘ man 's selfishness , laziness and ignorance . ’ |
| 9 | Miserably , she backed out of the room , not wanting to desert Mrs Browning and be held responsible for her collapse , if collapse there was to be . |
| 10 | You will be held responsible for ensuring that all work adheres to regulations . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Accordingly , generalization decrement can not be held responsible for the context-specificity of the CR seen in the latter case . |
| 14 | SPARE RIB can not be held responsible for the loss or damage of any correspondence . |
| 15 | The demonstrators were therefore in the wrong and the union could properly be held responsible for their actions . |
| 16 | In this way , the legal view of insanity really becomes a view regarding whether someone should be held responsible . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 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 | One — in the important legal sense — raised the question of whether the untaught deaf and dumb could be held responsible for their crimes . |
| 22 | This important legal ruling that the untaught deaf and dumb could be held responsible for the crimes they committed helped to ensure that another uneducated deaf woman was punished for the infanticide of her child . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | If anyone is ever to be held responsible for the steerable revolution , it has to be one of these two eccentric personalities . |
| 26 | Authors should never be held responsible for their publishers ' blurbs , and so one is spared the embarrassment of assessing the claim that Hugh Trevor-Roper is ‘ Britain 's greatest living historian ’ . |
| 27 | THOSE three major eclipses can be held responsible for the tremendous highs and lows in your love life this year . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Francis said : ‘ I could n't be held responsible for the weather . |
| 30 | But he said : ‘ Managers ca n't be held responsible for what players do on the pitch . |