11.   Bailey noted that Patrick was able to delay an independent audit by convincing the synod that an independent review of their finances was unnecessary and expensive.

12.   Boehm called for legislation requiring unions to have independent annual audits and to disclose more financial information to members.

13.   Accountants often have a vested interest in toadying up to officials for whom they are supposed to produce independent audits.

14.   After his tour, Jones said he has approved the money needed for an independent audit of the county jail.

15.   After an independent audit last month confirmed the mid-March rumors and showed Busang contained almost no gold, the stock crashed and was removed from trading on all markets.

16.   But he said the commission would not conduct an independent audit unless requested to do so by the tribe or Congress.

17.   But independent audits contradicted those claims, he said.

18.   But the Health Department sidestepped its practices by assigning a team of department nurses to review the independent audit.

19.   Democratic Senator Paul Simon held hearings on TV violence and proposed the networks sponsor independent audits on the amount of violence in shows.

20.   External audits are the major independent audits that corporations, financial firms and shareholders rely on to assess the value of a company and its stock.