Dereliction in a sentence

Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank, stands accused of dereliction of duty after announcing an increase in the base lending rate that will cause financial misery for homebuyers and could tip struggling small businesses over the edge.

Besides distressing documentation of the hardship suffered by these children, the ’s Dreier amply reported on dereliction by “White House and federal agencies” and also named two whistleblowers whose complaints caused them to be fired.

It’s hard to imagine a more egregious dereliction of duty than police deciding unilaterally – albeit with the enthusiastic backing of First Minister Humza Yousaf – to opt out of probing certain crimes.

Labour's Sam Tarry, Fatima's local MP, told the apparent failure to provide adequate accommodation for her family represented a "cruel dereliction of duty".

Ms Bacik said Government policy on vacancy and dereliction was not working and despite there being a vacancy officer in each local authority, there was an “absolute absence” of the registration of vacant and derelict properties.

Numerous charities have voiced strong opposition to the legislation, insisting that it would breach human rights and is a dereliction of duty to the most vulnerable people.

Some members of the ruling party and Ministers participated in the meeting held for eradicating Sanatana Dharma and no action has been taken by the police against them, which is dereliction of duty on the part of the police,” the judge observed.

Soon after, Democratic congressman Dean Phillips from Minnesota that he agreed with Khanna, calling it a "dereliction of duty" for Feinstein to stay in the job.

Steve Smith, chief executive of refugee charity Care4Calais, said: “Passing the buck to underfunded councils to justify limiting safe futures is a dereliction of leadership.

There’s the germ of a potentially fascinating story in Spalding’s dereliction of duty.

But not anymore, as the slabs have caved in or been broken and left for a long time in a state of utter dereliction, as with the rest of the amenities there.

Funding of €3,337,714 was confirmed today for the project, which will provide state-of-the art community facilities and address dereliction in the centre of the village.

He pleaded guilty to gross negligence because he did not revoke Bester’s transfer to the Broadway segregation unit, from which Bester escaped; and dereliction of duty for failing to visit the segregation unit after being informed of Bester’s transferral.

He reiterated that dereliction remains a big issue and he urged the local authority to get to grips with the problem.

Home secretary Yvette Cooper blamed the figures on “the disgraceful dereliction of the last Tory government on law and order” as she promised changes under Labour.

It seems like a dereliction of duty for them not to investigate what is the most famous, well-documented case of UAP activity that we have, with the most amount of witnesses, the most amount of assets placed on it.

Louise Haigh, Labour’s shadow transport secretary, said: “It is a staggering dereliction of duty that the transport secretary hasn’t got around the table with the unions to try to resolve it since the Christmas before last.

She urged Nigerians to maintain a positive attitude, recognising that corruption extended beyond financial misconduct to include dereliction of duty.

Such was the incomprehensible (to them) level of visible dereliction and dilapidation they thought Ireland had been bombed.

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights asked the Federal Government to stop the prosecution of the protesters, adding that the violence that greeted the protest was a result of dereliction of duty on the part of security agencies.