Public-purse Sentence Examples

public-purse

  • But Cornbury's embezzlement of X1500, appropriated for fortifying the Narrows connecting Upper and Lower New York Bay, united the factions against him and started the assembly in the important contest which ended in the establishment of its control over the public purse.

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  • Also by his actions the public purse had suffered to the extent of over £ 400,000.

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  • In addition, the level of subsidy from the public purse to support the network in rural areas is still very high.

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