Sentence examples for improperly pressed from inspiring English sources

When the colonel resigned as chief military prosecutor, officials disclosed that he had filed a formal complaint asserting that General Hartmann improperly pressed for more war crimes cases and demanded "sexy" cases that would excite the public.

For two years, ethics investigators have been examining these two allegations: that Mr. Jackson, a Democrat, inappropriately used House resources as he pursued this appointment, and that he might have improperly pressed Mr. Nayak to raise money for Mr. Blagojevich in return for the appointment, which Mr. Jackson ultimately did not get.

B1 Inquiry Into Olympic Remarks The United States Olympic Committee is reviewing whether Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton improperly pressed New York's Olympic bid to one of its board members and whether Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg violated rules banning cities from promoting their Olympic campaigns overseas during his trip to Athens, officials said.

The United States Olympic Committee is reviewing whether Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton improperly pressed New York's Olympic bid to one of its board members and whether Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg violated rules banning cities from promoting their Olympic campaigns overseas during his trip to Athens, officials said yesterday.

THE NEWS Prosecutors pressed their case that Sharpe James, the former mayor of Newark, improperly steered cheap city properties to a girlfriend who then resold them at steep profits.

The tapes, recorded in 2000, surfaced because Enron, now in bankruptcy court, pressed a claim for $122 million against Snohomish, which the company contends improperly canceled a power contract in 2001.

He expelled 17 union officials, and he pressed the union's president, Edward T. Hanley, now deceased, to resign after finding that Mr. Hanley had bought a union-leased Cadillac Allante sports coupe, worth at least $60,000, at an improperly low price.

The tribunal was told on Thursday that Shiner had sent a letter admitting eight allegations of acting without integrity, including one charge that he acted improperly at a press conference in 2008 where he claimed the British army had unlawfully killed, tortured and mistreated Iraqi civilians at the battle of Danny Boy, near Amara in southern Iraq on 14 May 2004.

The side of your shoe might press against your toe and cause your toenail to grow improperly.

In appearances on three talk shows today, he said the press was improperly feeding speculation.

Other allegations against Leigh Day include acting improperly by holding a press conference about the Iraqis' claims, touting for clients and entering into a prohibited referral fee agreement.