Examples of 'be held to account' in a sentence

Meaning of "be held to account"

To be held to account means to be responsible or answerable for one's actions, decisions, or performance. It often implies being held responsible for failures, mistakes, or misconduct and facing consequences or scrutiny as a result

How to use "be held to account" in a sentence

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be held to account
Regulators must be held to account for doing so.
It is time for those who do so to be held to account.
It will be held to account for its behavior.
But her murderer will be held to account.
We will be held to account for such omissions.
Those who are responsible must be held to account.
It will be held to account for its behaviour.
Even great powers needed to be held to account.
They will be held to account in this space.
There are people who must be held to account.
We refuse to be held to account by the enemies of our souls.
In the name of security will be held to account.
Israel will be held to account one day.
Our collective inaction will be held to account.
You will be held to account for this later.

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The food industry must be held to account.
They must be held to account when they do not.
And those in power should be held to account.
He must therefore be held to account as a member of the government.
Government and business must be held to account.
This man will be held to account and punished.
Perpetrators of any such violation must be held to account.
And who can be held to account for them.
These damaging actions must be held to account.
Governments must be held to account for the choices they make.
He is the one who has to be held to account.
Israel must be held to account and the occupation should end.
But all schools must be held to account.
He has to be held to account for what his government says and does.
You are going to be held to account.
It was a criminal act and the individuals responsible for it must be held to account.
And you will be held to account.
This is absolutely outrageous and someone must be held to account.
And they should be held to account on that basis.
Those who perpetrate crimes must be held to account.
And must be held to account.
Those responsible for such crimes would be held to account.
They do not want to be held to account on their record.
A man has been murdered and somebody must be held to account.
Those people will be held to account for their actions.
The perpetrators of this hateful crime must be held to account.
Putin must be held to account.
Nor is it certain that corporate executives will be held to account.
Those responsible should be held to account for such crimes.
Those responsible for perpetrating these crimes must be held to account.
Purdue should be held to account.
It is imperative that those responsible for war crimes be held to account.
Indonesia to be held to account.
So a good time for him to disappear before he could be held to account.
He needs to be held to account.

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