Sentence examples for sort of account from inspiring English sources

With nobody but a few unlucky oddballs held to any sort of account.

For the increasing number of you who are running up against some sort of account minimum that is required to keep free checking, how are you handling it?

He originally said he could not remember anything but is now "putting forward some sort of account," a police official said.

"It was to sort of account for the fact that the world has changed," he added, "that things are much more complex than maybe we thought, and that some of our actions have had consequences in the world".

Information from anonymous accounts is treated differently: We (people in social media) evaluate information and those posting based on whether we can hold them to any sort of account.

"If you're purchasing something at $20 million plus and you have those funds in some sort of account that's bringing a good return," it does not necessarily make sense to invest it all in an apartment, said Margaret H. Bay, a vice president at Brown Harris Stevens.

With this sort of accounting, the required number of "wedges" could easily double.

And, in any case, by what sort of accounting was it determined that the method was too expensive?

This sort of accounting is, in theory, a better measure of value for marketable securities, such as bonds, shares and derivatives.

This sort of accounting maneuver is one reason JPMorgan's managers were so optimistic about the financial outlook of both acquisitions.

This puts increased emphasis on reported earnings and less on cash payouts -- and we know what sort of accounting tricks this can lead to.