Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] liable " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | The contravener could not be made liable under section 6(2) except to the extent of the money or property he had himself received from the investor . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We have virtually reached the position where a defendant will not be considered liable when he would not be liable according to the ordinary principles of negligence . |
| 9 | All of this does not , however , mean that if the goods prove defective the private seller can easily be made liable for breach of the terms of sections 13–15 of the Sale of Goods Act . |
| 10 | This would be clearly unjust so A and B will both be held liable . |
| 11 | Most booking conditions are hedged with all sorts of exclusions about why a tour operator ca n't be held liable when things go wrong . |
| 12 | Gallagher was found guilty of careless driving , but his insurers , the Norwich Union , insist he ca n't be held liable for what happened . |
| 13 | Presumably the justification is that D has already crossed a high moral/social threshold in choosing to commit such a serious offence , and should therefore be held liable for whatever consequences ensue , however unforeseeable they may be . |
| 14 | The years since 1898 have seen many changes tending to increase the circle of people to whom the accountant owes a duty of care and can therefore be held liable . |