Example sentences of "on charges [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Mohamed Abbad was sentenced to 15 years ' imprisonment on charges including conspiracy to overthrow the government and possessing leaflets aimed at disturbing internal security .
2 The radio announcement also said that criminal proceedings had started against Zhivkov 's son-in-law , Ivan Slavkov , and against Milko Balev , Zhivkov 's former second-in-command , on charges including abuse of power and embezzlement .
3 The National Assembly on Dec. 19 and the Senate on Dec. 20 voted almost unanimously in favour of a Socialist Party motion that Fabius should stand trial , together with the former Minister for Social Affairs , Georgina Dufoix , and the former Secretary of State for Health , Edmond Hervé , on charges including manslaughter .
4 Orlando Azcué Rodriguez was arrested on 5 April 1990 in Havana and brought to trial on 12 October on charges of making ‘ enemy propaganda ’ .
5 PRAGUE ( Reuter ) — Czechoslovak authorities have released a human rights activist , Miroslav Kusy , who was held on charges of subversion .
6 After the summer 's inquiries , MPs decided to commit Mr Papandreou and a handful of ex-colleagues for trial on charges of ordering telephone tapping and accepting bribes .
7 A COURT in Turin , the home of Italy 's Fiat group , declined at the weekend to try Fiat 's chief executive and three senior managers on charges of violating workers ' safety statutes , citing fears of an unspecified ‘ threat to public order ’ .
8 Dr Ormerod , who was on a working holiday in the Carpathians , is to be tried on charges of attempting to smuggle a Romanian citizen out of the country .
9 Mr Devaty was sentenced in August to 20 months in jail on charges of incitement connected with the petition .
10 The announcement yesterday said 11 people , mostly with criminal records , were being held on charges of arson , looting and violence .
11 TEN City executives and a solicitor were yesterday bailed for a total of £1.1million after appearing at Guildhall magistrates court on charges of conspiracy to defraud in the Blue Arrow rights issue .
12 Malik is being tried on charges of conspiracy to smuggle $10 million of heroin into the US .
13 Dubcek urges Communist hardliners to stand down continued from page one possible five-year jail term on charges of sedition in what is being seen as a test case of the regime 's genuine commitment to a dialogue with the opposition .
14 Mr Czarnogursky , meanwhile , faces a possible five-year jail term on charges of sedition in what is being seen as a test case of the regime 's genuine commitment to a dialogue with the opposition .
15 Three men will appear before Belfast magistrates today on charges of intimidation .
16 October 25 : Gibraltar lawyer James Levy appears in court on charges of conspiracy involving the use of false accounting departments .
17 An immigrant to Canada from Byelorussia , Mr Michael Pawlowski , aged 72 , appeared in the Ontario Supreme Court yesterday on charges of murdering 490 Jews and non-Jewish Poles during the second world war .
18 Convictions were obtained on charges of money laundering , cocaine manufacturing and distribution , racketeering and the building in Panama of a state-of-the-art drug laboratory .
19 Convictions were obtained on charges of money laundering , cocaine manufacturing and distribution , racketeering and the building in Panama of a state-of-the-art drug laboratory .
20 A second indictment is pending in Tampa on charges of marijuana smuggling .
21 The tax-exempt status can be challenged at any time on charges of violation of the State Charter ( which enables Highlander to operate ) , violation of the tax-exemption code-of-conduct , or in the event of any local officials pursuing charges of criminal actions involving Highlander ( e.g. the use of prescribed drugs on property belonging to Highlander ) .
22 The British Medical Journal ( June '90 ) reports that Miss Pauline Bousquet , an Obstetrician who supports natural childbirth at St. Thomas ' Hospital , London has won her 11 year battle to clear her name on charges of professional incompetence brought by male colleagues .
23 1969 George Harrison and Patti Harrison are arrested on charges of marijuana possession , after police raid their empty London home and find 120 joints .
24 Saunders and three others were found guilty ( in a trial in 1990 ) on charges of conspiracy , theft and false accounting .
25 Sams , of Sutton-on-Trent , Notts , was committed by Birmingham magistrates on charges of kidnapping and murdering Julie Dart , 18 , and kidnapping estate agent Stephanie Slater , 25 .
26 And his choice of articulate former England striker Fashanu is unique because players are usually backed by their managers or chairmen on charges of bringing the game into disrepute .
27 A doctor , one of 16 accomplices on trial with Tabet , was jailed for two years on charges of replacing the hymens of virgins deflowered by the police chief .
28 In Parliament Ferrar took a leading part with Sandys in the impeachment of one of the Company 's principal antagonists , the Lord Treasurer , the Earl of Middlesex , on charges of bribery and corruption .
29 In January , after the authorities reportedly failed to take action on this case , his family filed a suit against three police officers on charges of murder .
30 On January 19 , 1989 he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on charges of ‘ counter-revolutionary propaganda and agitations ’ .
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