be answerable for
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The best way to handle this trade-off is to put bureaucrats and business executives on notice that they may be answerable for their conduct at some later date.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2020
The second question will not be answerable for some time to come, and my Magic 8-ball makes ambiguous predictions.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2016
“Just so: I think so: and you shall be answerable for it. Criticise me: does my forehead not please you?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Perhaps there was some truth in this; though I doubt whether his reserve, or anybody’s reserve, can be answerable for the event.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
"What," he said, "if Master Carey and I take charge of him, and escorting him to his agent without, be answerable for both of them?"
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
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