Sentence examples for exchequer to from inspiring English sources

* A phrase coined by a long-ago British chancellor of the exchequer, to condemn speculators.

THE decision by George Osborne, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, to scrap air passenger duty (APD) on children is unlikely to appease many of his pro-aviation critics.

"The lack of such a clause in the advance purchase agreements for both contracts consequently exposed the Exchequer to some risk".

Slower growth than previously predicted by the government also forced George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to extend his austerity measures by two more years last month.

Since most political parties are controlled by entrenched political families, it makes little sense to dip into the state exchequer to subsidize their election expenses.

Should not some of the money such privileged institutions received in tax-efficient donations have gone to the Exchequer to help our notoriously "bog-standard" comprehensives?

When he retired, the Exchequer began to pressure him to repay his debts owed to the king, which for the previous decade or more they had ignored.

(The Indian Express) The loss to the national exchequer due to the bungling during the 2G spectrum allocation might have been exaggerated.

But the answer David Gauke, exchequer secretary to the Treasury, gave to the House of Commons earlier this year is telling.

George Osborne, the chancellor of the Exchequer, is to present the annual budget to Parliament next Wednesday.

Private-equity firms came under the spotlight after Gordon Brown, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, promised to bring "justice and equity" to the industry's tax regime.