Sentence examples for expenses wrong from inspiring English sources

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"With manual forms, the guy could add up the expenses wrong on purpose and hope that nobody catches it," Mr. Bechara said.

The public was right to judge Maria Miller for getting her expenses wrong and her resignation cannot be blamed on the media, Sajid Javid, the new culture secretary, has said.

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A common theme that came back time and time again, is that the claiming of these expenses was wrong and she should have resigned earlier, or indeed been sacked.

The perception that Hungarians and Czechs won't buy Western goods, because of their expense, is wrong, he says.

Munk shrugs off the skepticism: The perception that Hungarians and Czechs won't buy Western goods, because of their expense, is wrong, he says.

A1 A political action committee run by Mr. DeLay broke election laws by paying expenses from the wrong account, increasing the amount of money it could spend on Congressional races, a Federal Election Commission audit found.

Amid cabinet worries that Brown has struggled to command the political landscape this week – as Cameron drew up tough procedures to deal with "wrong" expenses by Tories – the Labour leadership drew up its own plan of action.

Culture Secretary Maria Miller's parliamentary aide has criticised coverage of the row over her boss's expenses claims as "wrong".

"I mistakenly charged some expenses to the wrong account" is much better.

"The computer mistakenly charged the expenses to the wrong account" is clearer, but most readers find blaming things on a computer to be cowardly.

Did she do anything wrong, expenses-wise?

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