Sentence examples for answerable to points from inspiring English sources

Further, the quasi-official status of the participants, as representatives chosen by their parties, would make the parties' politicians answerable to points the representatives have made.

As well as the timing and wording of the ballot, the two sides have disagreed on whether the voting age should be lowered for the referendum (Mr Salmond says that it should) and whether it should be overseen by the Electoral Commission, which Nationalists testily point out is answerable to the Westminster Parliament.

Another sticking point could be that Albion operate a European-style hierarchy, with the head coach answerable to a sporting and technical director, Dan Ashworth, who has the final say on transfers.

Some residents and state officials voiced complaints about this, pointing out that the corporation was not answerable to voters or elected officials.

Both Facebook and Twitter are free at the point of use, yet are publicly traded companies, answerable to shareholders and investors.

As Malkasian points out, with each local government agency — whether for health, agriculture or intelligence — answerable to heads in both the provincial and the national capitals, countless conflicts are created at the district level.

But I think it's worth pointing out that relying on a body that is generally disdained and answerable to an uninformed and often misinformed public seems like the worst way to go about fixing a complicated problem.

To take the second point first: Quine's holism is the view that almost none of our knowledge is directly answerable to experience.

Not answerable to anyone".

He's answerable to me.

I am answerable to them".