Sentence examples for accountable for the lost from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "accountable for the lost" is not correct in standard English.
It seems to be a misphrasing; the correct expression would typically be "accountable for the loss."
Example: "The company is accountable for the loss incurred during the project."
Alternatives: "responsible for the loss" or "liable for the loss."

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Meaning Pollan's not really blaming those thoughtless feminists he supposedly held accountable for the lost nostalgia of home cooking.

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"They should be held accountable for this lost economic opportunity". He's got a point.

It is striking that three of the 23 SDA subjects (these were also the subjects who lost their SDA status) were accountable for 52%% of the lost teeth.

"I think we hadn't done as well as we should have done and I think everyone was a little bit accountable for the manager losing his job.

When the British rejected the proposal, the president gave the impression that he would hold Germany accountable for American lives lost on armed ships, setting off a rebellion in Congress and the near passage of resolutions forbidding American citizens to travel on armed ships.

In guidelines issued in May, the inspectors were told that they could be held accountable for lost production if they failed to justify slowing production, whether to examine what appeared to be traces of feces or to wash their hands.

The consumer groups and inspectors' union said they were concerned that the memo repeatedly pointed out that inspectors could be held accountable for lost production if they stopped operations to examine possible contamination and failed to find problems.

A few journalists even wondered whether someone should be held accountable for lost worldwide sales of "Last Jedi" tickets.

One might ask Cheney who is accountable for 9/11, who lost their jobs over it.

In Maryland, we are working for common sense licensing requirements that hold owners accountable for lost and stolen guns and reasonable consequences and logical procedures for removing guns from domestic abusers.

Of course, analysts like Mr. Parekh cannot be held entirely accountable for the money investors have lost in new economy stocks.

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