Usage examples with liable to

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In 1930, the municipal legislation which made the new corporations liable to government audit, was enacted.
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The minister received backslash from the agitating legislators who asked him to just reply to their questions as it is their right and government is liable to answer them.
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Such exequatur or authorization is liable to be withdrawn by the country which issued it, if considered necessary.
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At all times a fleet advancing from windward was liable to injury in spars, even if the leeward fleet did not deliberately aim at them.
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If that profit is no longer available, the fiduciary is liable to account to the beneficiaries.
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They are also liable to accumulate standing water and grey water, which can be dangerous to public health, especially left stagnant for long periods.
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Socialists often criticize interventionism (as supported by social democrats and social liberals) as being untenable and liable to cause more economic distortion in the long-run.
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Speculation in such situations is naturally liable to run high.
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Ordinarily, someone who has been unjustly enriched at the expense of another is strictly liable to disgorge his gains.
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This being a capital offence, the accuser was liable to the punishment of death if he failed in the proof, and the decision was not further challenged.
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