Sentence examples for possible dereliction from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, prosecutors have been tasked with investigating possible dereliction of duty and abuse of power that may have contributed to Wednesday night's blasts.

He faces possible charges ranging from dereliction of duty to negligent homicide.

The possible charges ranged from dereliction of duty or subjecting a vessel to a hazard, both relatively minor charges, to negligent homicide, a felony that could have resulted in 10 years in prison.

Aidan Barclay added that the Littlewoods directors had obligations to recover as much cash as possible: "It would be a dereliction of their duties not to pursue repayments which are properly due from HMRC [HM Revenue & Customs]." He declined to comment on the London property acquisitions.

Even if prosecutors failed to follow the guidelines in the AP matter -- which is possible, perhaps probable -- that dereliction and $2 will buy AP a cup of coffee.

The charge of cowardice was later reduced to dereliction of duty, which carried a possible sentence of six months' confinement.

Questions also have been raised about management of the warehouse, and the country's top prosecuting office announced Sunday that it was setting up a team to investigate possible offenses related to the massive blasts, including dereliction of duty and abuse of power.

The country's Supreme People's Procuratorate announced it was investigating "possible illegal acts, such as abuse of power or dereliction of duty and [would] deal with those acts which may constitute crimes".

(During this period the road now known as Yesler Way won the nickname "Skid Road", supposedly after the timber skidding down the hill to Henry Yesler's sawmill. The later dereliction of the area may be a possible origin for the term which later entered the wider American lexicon as Skid Row).

But regulators will weigh that potential expense against the expense of another systemic "dereliction of duty" by the auditors.

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