Sentence examples for improper amounts from inspiring English sources

Many children were sickened after they were mistakenly given too much — either because parents failed to realize that products from two makers contained identical medicines or because parents had given improper amounts.

THERE is an essay from 1956 titled "The Bibulous Aunt," found in the jazz critic Whitney Balliett's new "Collected Works," and its theme statement is this: "Until the past five or so years, jazz has been widely regarded in this country as a kind of queer Victorian aunt who laces her tea, belches in public and uses improper amounts of rouge".

Mr. Djanogly repaid claims ruled improper, amounting to $38,750.

American officials have said the subsidies found to be improper amounted to less than $5 billion.

If you do owe for a claim that was denied, or you feel your insurance company paid an improper amount, you have the right to appeal.

During the 1980s, "a significant number of police officers in that squad, some of whom rose to very senior rank, behaved outrageously, and in particular extracted confessions by grossly improper means, amounting in some cases to torture.

Robert D. Drain, a federal bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of New York, said in court last month that the failure of the mortgage industry to deal with pervasive problems involving inaccurate documentation and improper court filings amounted to "the greatest failure of lawyering in the last 50 years".

All the juicy accusations of clients sitting on agency laps, extramarital affairs between bosses and subordinates, and improper business conduct amount to a story worthy of a daytime Emmy.

As Thomas says, it is crucial to trial by jury that jurors understand what amounts to improper conduct.

Cablevision said that its review had found that similar amounts of improper bookings of expenses were made in 2000 and 2001.

Such an arrangement, whereby the Senate Majority Leader and the Chair of this Committee are threatening to take away their colleagues' healthcare coverage subsidy if they do not vote a certain way, at worst constitutes bribery and a quid pro quo arrangement, and at best amounts to improper conduct reflecting discreditably on the Senate.