1.   California employers already can be held responsible for defaming a departing worker with a negative reference.

2.   Chris Patten has now joined me as a party chairman held responsible for winning an election by running a bad campaign!

3.   He was held personally responsible for the failure of the project.

4.   Imagine our horror at the thought that we might now be held legally responsible for the tragic results of an inadequate diet.

5.   Liverpool have acknowledged receipt of their letter in which they hold Saunders responsible for dangerous play.

6.   Please, however, do not think that I hold you responsible, in any way, for my own uncertainty.

7.   Sender of message and person responsible for delay in clearance will be held directly responsible for possible deaths of thousands.

8.   She would have been held personally responsible and would almost certainly have fallen from office.

9.   The child could not be held responsible for his actions.