Sentence examples for fines for wasting from inspiring English sources

"Fines for wasting water make sense.

Many states, such as California, have implemented fines for wasted water, in an attempt to mitigate the growing problem.

Instead, they have dished out the odd fixed-penalty fine for wasting police time.

He deserves his fine for wasting the time of security personnel, plus another for aggravated stupidity and perhaps a third for bringing the German sense of humour into disrepute.

Police officers are to face disciplinary charges over the case of a woman murdered after being stalked by her former partner, whose repeated pleas for help instead saw her fined for wasting police time.

Three police officers are facing disciplinary action over the case of a woman who was fined for wasting police time when she reported the stalker ex who went on to murder her.

California residents can be heavily fined for wasting water, and nothing seems to escape the drought's ill effects -- including Halloween (pumpkin growers in the state are suffering from the water shortage).

The man was eventually found at a party and told police it was a "wind-up", before they issued him with an on-the-spot fine for wasting police time.

It led to Grice being fined £90 for wasting police time and Lane was released without charge, a decision criticised by the judge at his murder trial, Nicholas Green.

She'd reported him to police on five occasions but they fined her for wasting police time.

As California enters its fourth year of drought, and after its governor, Jerry Brown, called for the reduction of water usage in urban areas by 25% and fines of up to $10,000 for wasting water, attention has started to shift towards some of the most obscene versions of water wastage and offensive water profiteering.