The phrase "a substantial increase in spending" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing financial matters, budgets, or economic trends that involve a significant rise in expenditures.
Example: "The government announced a substantial increase in spending on infrastructure projects to boost the economy."
Alternatives: "a significant rise in expenditure" or "a considerable boost in spending".
But several Democrats threatened to withdraw their support if the Bush administration did not back a substantial increase in spending for schools in poor areas.
A Senate committee today unanimously approved a crucial education bill embodying President Bush's calls for changes in education, but several committee Democrats threatened to withdraw their support if the administration did not back a substantial increase in spending for schools in poor areas.
Even so, it projects a substantial increase in spending under Medicare for all.
Republicans are proposing a substantial increase in spending on education, seeking to neutralize an issue that long played to the advantage of Democrats.
A6 SCIENCE Push for More Malaria Dollars President Bush plans to call for a substantial increase in spending to fight malaria in Africa, people who have been briefed on the plan said.
"The next phase of work on the site and in the associated developments will require a substantial increase in spending levels, and will begin as soon as the final investment decision has been made," it said.
Representative Sherwood Boehlert, the New York Republican who is chairman of the House Science Committee, said he was pleased with the substantial increase in spending on health research and noted that nonmilitary research would grow 1percentt above inflation.
It's true that increased spending also contributes to the deficit, and that there has been a substantial increase in discretionary spending -- spending that, unlike such items as Social Security payments, isn't automatically determined by formulas.
Rightmove said 2009 figures - to be unveiled on February 26 - would be in line with current forecasts but trading in January saw "a substantial increase in average spend per advertiser".
He called for a "substantial increase" in schools spending, but did not say how much.
That proposal is 7percentt larger than last year's, with a substantial increase in education spending.
