(v. t.) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
(v. t.) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ACT’s opposition leader, Jeremy Hanson, said during Tuesday’s debate that the uncertainty surrounding the new same-sex marriage regime created significant problems for couples, and he suggested the territory could be liable to compensation if it pushed ahead of the tolerance of the commonwealth, rather than waiting for the legalities to be settled.
(2) The possibility of being liable if an incompetent student becomes registered and causes harm is also discussed.
(3) The pathologist should be aware that he is still liable for errors induced by the technician, even without having the possibility of responsibility or any supervision.
(4) More suppliers have told the Guardian of extensive negotiations with Amazon staff in Slough, adding to the impression that the company carries out important trading activities in the UK and so could be liable for tax.
(5) From these facts, it was concluded that the follicular, as well as acanthomatous, ameloblastoma is liable to undergo squamous differentiation, whereas the plexiform ameloblastoma remains in primitive stage of tumor differentiation.
(6) Folch extraction before phospholipid assay was found to be unnecessary and, unless fresh samples are used, it is liable to give misleadingly low values.
(7) The Düsseldorf Supreme Court ruled on 30 January 1986 that the respondent was liable to compensation.
(8) This combination of factors renders old people particularly liable to develop disorders of water homeostasis during episodes of acute or chronic ill health.
(9) David Tracey claims the lack of a standard policy is liable to create a system that is "arbitrary, variable between hospitals and open to abuse" – and, in the case of his wife, failed to offer "a minimum degree of protection" of her human rights.
(10) In this investigation no single factor was discriminatory and it was not possible to predict with any degree of certainty those kidneys liable to delayed function or to non-function.
(11) Both, stimulatory and inhibitory effects of naloxone are not liable to represent noticeable side-effects of this drug, but they both might play some role in the mechanisms of precipitated abstinence.
(12) If you are now liable for bedroom tax, for example, you could share a picture of your 'spare' bedroom and tell us how you use it.
(13) This flow of funding is liable to stop at some point, provoking an old-fashioned sterling crisis .
(14) On Friday, Hacked Off called for an urgent correction to one of the major sticking points for Fleet Street: the unintended vulnerability of the amateur blogger who, due to "bad government drafting", could have found themselves liable for exemplary damages.
(15) Demented patients were more liable to be placed in an institution, as were unmarried or widowed persons and people unable to prepare their own meals.
(16) Consequently, plaque-covered resin restorations may be liable to pronounced surface staining.
(17) He said Assange remained in breach of his bail conditions, adding: "Failing to surrender would be a further breach of conditions and he is liable to arrest."
(18) It would also be beneficial to analyze prognostic variables so that patients liable to an unfavorable outcome could be identified before commencement of treatment.
(19) Some have speculated that it may be a clever trap because, if the children are liable for capital gains tax and are forced to sell their shares, the only person they can sell to is a lineal descendent of Lang Hancock – that is, Gina Rinehart.
(20) Chemotherapeutic regimens that are toxic to rapidly dividing malignant cells, are liable to be particularly harmful to lymphoid tissues, bone marrow and the epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract.
Likable
Definition:
(a.) Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person.
Example Sentences:
(1) Prosocial behavior mediated the relations of gender and expressed emotions with likability (i.e., gender and expressed emotions were each related to prosocial behavior, and prosocial behavior was related to likability, but neither gender nor expressed emotions were related to likability with prosocial behavior partialled out).
(2) Eye-to-eye, the bumbling bonhomie appeared to be a lacquer of likability over a living obelisk of corporate power.
(3) I distinctly recall thinking that he was one of the most likable adults I had thus far encountered.
(4) Measures of likability, emotion knowledge, prosocial and aggressive behavior, peer competence, and expressed emotions (happy and angry) were obtained for 65 subjects (mean age = 44 months).
(5) As women become more successful, they're perceived as less likable; for men, it's the opposite.
(6) As expected, actors who had a good reputation or were remorseful were seen as more likable, as having better motives, as doing the damage unintentionally, as more sorry and as less blameworthy.
(7) Why is Adele so robustly likable, while the equally successful Taylor Swift often comes across like a wounded deer?
(8) Like most of the characters he has played, Bateman can get away with saying terrible things but still be incredibly likable.
(9) Analysis using Roter's coding scheme suggests that faculty scored students on the basis of likability rather than specific behavioral skills, limiting their ability to provide behaviorally specific feedback.
(10) This desire to play likable guys incurred the dislike of some critics, who found Williams' film CV too dependent on these secular saints.
(11) Dentist perceptions of patient sophistication and anxiety were related to several patient characteristics, but perceptions of patient likability were unrelated to patient personal and social characteristics.
(12) Edward the professor is likable and trustworthy, but what the party needs more of is Evangelical Ed.
(13) Groups of untrained judges viewed the tapes and rated their impressions of the subjects on scales of likability, speaking effectiveness, and expressivity-confidence.
(14) Only the female children of schizophrenics were viewed as less likable than controls.
(15) But although his likability, proven persistence and enforced gravitas will hold him in good stead as he embarks upon a road much harder than the one he's already travelled, he has a lot more to prove.
(16) Pratt got happy and fat, acknowledging that being big made the character more likable.
(17) PEI Aggression and Withdrawal scores were more stable in grades 3 and 5 than in grade 1, and the Likability factor was more stable in grades 2 to 5 than in grade 1.
(18) Finally, whereas the aggressive character was low in likability at all grades, the withdrawn character was viewed as increasingly less likable as grade increased.
(19) However, they were not very accurate at discerning which partners perceived them as most competent or most likable across all interactions (person accuracy).
(20) The comments were positive, and lovely, my “voice” being described as warm or approachable; down to earth and likable.