Sentence examples for accountable. from inspiring English sources

"I am accountable for the railways and the performance [over Christmas] was not acceptable so I have decided that I should not take my bonus this year," he told Sky News.

A government spokesman told Guardian Australia a strong administration was necessary if APY was to operate as an institution that was effective and accountable to the communities it represented.

Or you are there at the point of sale, which makes you accountable to the customer.

As a sector, we are one of the most transparent, accountable and dare I say most-obsessed with self-improvement.

As Leah Oatway, senior communications officer at Action Against Hunger, says: "We need the media, in its fourth estate role, to share messages on important issues or crises that are under-reported and require international support, to encourage world leaders to make positive commitments to alleviate poverty, and to hold them accountable for those commitments".

It continues into understanding what it means for people to hold their elected representatives accountable according to these new goals.

The Foreign Office said last night the review showed reform was needed to make the EU more accountable.

"I just believe that he should be held accountable for what he's done".

"We jointly and firmly believe that the differences and divisions within unionism of recent years must be put in the past and a determined effort to unite unionism to plot a new peaceful and democratic accountable path for the greater number of people in Northern Ireland.

Cameron will say: "Professionals who fail to protect children will be held properly accountable and council bosses who preside over such catastrophic failure will not see rewards for that failure".

"I am committed to a reform agenda, I believe in a democratic process and a more accountable government," he said then.