adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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democratically
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That is why we want to make the Commission democratically accountable .
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Now we aim to increase further the day-to-day independence of schools and colleges within a democratically accountable framework of local education authorities.
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These citizens will be served by instruments of Government at Union level, which are intended eventually to be made democratically accountable .
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That layer would not be an imposition; it would be democratically accountable .
directly
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Their research has to be applied in the very process of enquiry: it has to be directly accountable in terms of practical pay-off.
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In figure 23, A is directly accountable to his manager X for his work being carried out effectively.
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These meetings are concerned with departmental performances, for which the managers are now directly accountable .
more
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In addition, the legislation is intended to make the Fed more accountable to elected officials by insisting on reforms.
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Besides, workers are more accountable and productive on the job site.
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They endeavoured, on a number of levels, to make themselves more accountable than previous Labour councils had been.
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His remedy, modest given his rhetoric, is that professors should be held more accountable for what they do.
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It will all without question make the schools and LEAs more accountable , at least in terms of pupil performance, to parents and public.
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Thus, these Watergate reforms failed to make government and the electoral process more accountable , democratic or honest.
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More open, more supportive, and more accountable mechanisms are now proposed.
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Testing and league tables were established for the consumer and were supposed to make schools more accountable to parents.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hold sb responsible/accountable/liable (for sth)
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He was held not liable as there was a real and imminent danger and he had done what was reasonably necessary.
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I hold the police responsible for my son's death Voice over Police denied any knowledge of who was on the bike.
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In the past, juries have usually sided with the industry, holding smokers liable for the damage they inflict on themselves.
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Please, however, do not think that I hold you responsible, in any way, for my own uncertainty.
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She would have been held personally responsible and would almost certainly have fallen from office.
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The jury that held Simpson liable consisted of six men and six women, ranging in age from mid-20s to mid-70s.
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Then he told Hepzibah he'd hold her responsible!
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You can not learn team performance without being part of a team that holds itself mutually accountable for achieving specific performance goals.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An increase in transfer of power from the state to local government would also make institutions more accountable .
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And they will be held accountable for doing so.
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But I know that you fellows hold me accountable for what I write and what I say.
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His remedy, modest given his rhetoric, is that professors should be held more accountable for what they do.
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How can doctors be made more accountable for the resources they use and what kind of incentives are appropriate?
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It will all without question make the schools and LEAs more accountable , at least in terms of pupil performance, to parents and public.
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The major resource users, doctors, were not held accountable for spending taxpayers' money.
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Their living conditions are getting worse year by year, politicians are corrupt, often are not held accountable .