Sentence examples for official errors from inspiring English sources

Official figures show that by the end of December 2004 the Revenue had received 78,000 complaints about tax credit overpayments, which families said claim are caused by official errors.

If you combined all the official errors by the DWP and HMRC and then undertook to rectify them – well, it would be irresponsible to talk about national bankruptcy, but we'd be kissing goodbye to our empty aircraft carriers, for a start.

Instead, states have uncovered inconsistencies in their voter rolls and flaws in Election Day recording due to outdated registrar systems and election official errors.

So fraud is down, official error is up.

It's that Bengal tiger again, its name owing to official error – Richard Parker.

The cost of errors dwarfs that of fraud: in the DWP it's £1.1bn in official error, and £1.1bn in customer error.

"This lack of understanding among staff is a key driver of official error.

Television executives also pointed out that the sophisticated technology makes it easier to see officials' errors.

In each case, Scarman's reputation for fair-mindedness was used by Westminster and Whitehall to reassure the world that official wrongdoing and error would not go undetected or uncriticised.

Tommy Smith and John-Joe O'Toole's goals, smashed in within 20 minutes of the restart, seemed set to render the officials' error irrelevant.

Blatter later apologised for the officials' error, saying it was unforgivable and that it had changed his mind on the matter.