Example sentences of "[noun sg] spending on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several weapons systems received an increased budget allocation , however , including research spending on the Strategic Defence Initiative ( SDI ) which was to increase by 22 per cent to $4,650 million , almost all of which would be used to investigate the possible deployment of small , space-based missile interceptors known as " Brilliant Pebbles " . |
| 2 | Attlee chided them for ignoring any notion of what the country could afford in suggesting armed forces levels , and for suggesting that cutting spending on the armed forces to £700 million would virtually immobilize them . |
| 3 | By 1990 cash spending on the NHS was two and a half times what it had been in 1979 , topping £27 billion and making the DOH the second largest spending department ( NAHAT 1990 ) . |
| 4 | We actually believe that the people of would prefer prefer their money spending on the environment and front end services . |
| 5 | We actually believe that the people of would prefer prefer their money spending on the environment and front end services . |
| 6 | In December 1989 Kececiler 's faction persuaded the government to increase budget spending on the Religious Affairs Department by almost 240 per cent . |
| 7 | The cost saving in the preventative work , er , fall falls later on in the system , and that might not even accrue back to local government , and that 's the problem and I think if there was some specific erm , government grants that enabled local authorities to really get to grips with the preventative elements and could should that , that reduced overall government spending on the other end , on the impact end , I mean , I think we would be , we would be sort of making very much headway , but there does n't seem to be that specific initiative at this particular stage . |
| 8 | Advertising was directed to restricting peak sales , and capital spending on the building of new shops was limited by the shortages of building materials . |
| 9 | Capital spending on the environment rose from £184m to £305m , from eight to 14 per cent of total capital expenditure . |
| 10 | Even in the matter of state spending on the arts the same difficulty presents itself . |
| 11 | Metropolitan Area Networks could form a market worth $2,000m worldwide by the end of the century , Siemens AG reckons : the company believes that hardware spending on the systems could soar , while customers using the systems could generate a further $10,000m of business : the remarks were made at a conference to announce a £3m order won by GEC Plessey Telecommunications Ltd , in which Siemens owns 40% , to supply metropolitan area equipment to British Telecommunications Plc , Reuter reports . |
| 12 | Earlier studies by the confederation 's NatWest technology unit showed that , between 1989 and 1991 , the excess of those increasing R&D spending on the new products fell from 40 to 16 per cent . |
| 13 | The only time spending on the national health service has been cut was when the Labour party was in power . |