Sentence examples for charges of state from inspiring English sources

Last week, L. Dennis Kozlowski was indicted on charges of state sales tax evasion one day after he resigned as chief executive of Tyco International.

After the Sichuan earthquake, she noted, several critics who pressed the issue of poor school construction, which may have contributed to the deaths of thousands of children, were jailed on charges of state subversion.

CHONGQING, China — A self-taught filmmaker who spent five months interviewing Tibetans about their hopes and frustrations living under Chinese rule is facing charges of state subversion after the footage was smuggled abroad and distributed on the Internet and at film festivals around the world.

On July 30, Yunus was sentenced to a 3-month pre-trial detention on charges of state treason, fraud, forgery, tax evasion and illegal business.

He proposes to put the national government, rather than municipalities, in charge of state schools.

"If you are a Democrat, the good news is that your party is 100 percent in charge of state government.

"The only reason the women come here is because of the creche," admits Shafia Khan, who is in charge of state nurseries in the district.

Morozov, who was also Alexis' brother-in-law, initially took charge of state affairs, but in 1648 a popular uprising in Moscow forced Alexis to exile Morozov.

When Mr. Castro came into power, her husband -- known in the revolutionary world as Red Beard -- became Deputy Minister of the Interior, in charge of state security.

A charge of state sponsorship against Iran could provoke politically unpalatable demands for military retaliation, which the Clinton administration initially threatened against the perpetrators.

But he said he found the idea puzzling, given what he said was the likelihood that Democrats would still be in charge of state government by 2010.