Sentence examples for levying against from inspiring English sources

So when the judge forced the S.E.C. to increase the $500 million fine it was levying against the firm to $750 million, he also demanded that the money be paid out to the company's shareholders, rather than to the agency.

The largest such fine levied against an automaker is $1 million.

Powell hit out at claims of antisemitism levied against Hagel.

It is the biggest-ever penalty levied against a company in America.

This is convenient for him, given the judgment levied against him in his civil trial.

Meanwhile fresh evidence of the charge being levied against destitute offenders has emerged.

In 188 fines were levied against dealers for withholding grain, attesting to problems of supply.

Companies are not deaf to the criticisms levied against their community development efforts.

Any fee levied against them would simply wind up on the taxpayers' tab.

If there's a criticism levied against Wu, it's that he collaborates too often.

Some of the earliest taxes were consumption taxes, levied against commodities such as cooking oil.