Sentence examples for owed because of from inspiring English sources

The transaction was tied to "significant tax payments" that he owed because of recently vested Jefferies stock.

Twenty-seven of those ended up paying more than they originally owed because of Nationwide's fees, the suit alleges.

It filed a notice of claim with the Comptroller's Office in mid-October that demanded $5.5 million that it said it was owed because of breached agreements.

What now seems indisputable after the release of the tape is Mr. bin Laden's responsibility for the Sept. 11 attacks and the deference he feels he is now owed because of them.

As many as 26,000 people who recently stayed at Holiday Inns and their sister hotels were charged 100 times what they owed because of a credit processing error.

BHP Billiton executives have infuriated a Senate committee by refusing to say how much the Australian Taxation Office ATOO) believes it is owed because of the way the mining giant channels profits through a marketing hub in Singapore.

An 18-year member of the Police Department before he retired for medical reasons more than two years ago, Ludaescher is accused of trying to rob the bank so he could repay tens of thousands of dollars he owes because of a failed business venture.

The new board said that it would seek to open negotiations with creditors and was more circumspect in its comments at the meeting than Mr. Miguet was in an interview the day before, when he said that creditors should be willing to settle for a small fraction of what they are owed because much of the debt was owned by hedge funds that had purchased it at deep discounts.

Traditionalists argue that just as rent is due to the landlord, "due to" should only be used when it is the complement of the verb "to be"; otherwise, use "owing to" or "because of": The train's late arrival was due to [caused by] leaves on the line; the train was late owing to [because of] leaves on the line.

Traditionalists argue that "due to" should only be used when it is the complement of the verb "to be", and could be replaced by "caused by"; otherwise, use "owing to" or "because of": The train's late arrival was due to [caused by] leaves on the line; the train was late owing to [because of] leaves on the line.

The Australian Financial Review has reported both companies were being pursued by the ATO over tax allegedly owed because they reported billions of dollars of profit in their Singapore "marketing hubs" upon which they paid very low tax rates.