be liable
Example Sentences
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If it does rise by 3.9%, it would take the flat-rate state pension above the personal allowance of £12,570 and therefore be liable for income tax.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
I don’t want to be liable for harm to your soul, and that’s why you’re supposed to leave work to tend to your soul, whatever is good for you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
They added if Xiao were to return to the UK, he will be liable to serve the rest of his sentence from the point he was deported.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
"Any person violating these prohibitory orders shall be liable for prosecution," Delhi Police said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
In a psychiatric ward he would not be liable to prosecution by Abelman and Levy, or whoever it was who would push the case.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
