Sentence examples for appropriation for a from inspiring English sources

An appropriation for a building for the use of the National Museum was made by act Mar. 3, 1879, ch.

When the details of Michael R. Bloomberg's last capital budget as mayor were made final in June, one project stood out in particular: a $50 million appropriation for a nascent arts organization, the Culture Shed.

He agreed to run again, loaned 50 old destroyers to Britain in exchange for US leases on British colonial naval bases, and in October pushed through Congress a $40bn appropriation for a dramatic increase in America's armed forces.

I've got to have that music in my fingers and in my ears.' "The thing about appropriation for a musician is that it's from a love of the music.

In September, the city council was asked to approve a $75,000 emergency appropriation for a "gang violence suppression" program, in the aftermath of a daytime shooting of two Haitians sitting in a parked car on Sewell Avenue.

A15 Lawmakers Help Home First A House spending bill is stuffed with an estimated 7,000 special interest provisions, including a $225,000 appropriation for a swimming pool in the hometown of Representative Jim Gibbons, Republican of Nevada.

And that maternalized "home" proved to be a handy political tool -- like "family" today, it is an emotionally resonant term available for appropriation for an almost limitless array of public agendas.

There is a classic story about the big chief of the enterprise that, when they came to him for a sizable appropriation for an addition to a headquarters building to accommodate the files, he replied with the quiet smile that is so characteristic of him: "Wouldn't it be better to destroy that accumulation of files?" Which presently was done.

The Democrats of the House of Representatives, in caucus last night [Jan . 29] voted against making an appropriation for any new battleship.

The GOP's case, part of its sustained attack on the 2010 law, contends that the cost-sharing reductions to insurers are illegal because Congress has not provided a specific appropriation for them — an argument the administration disputes.

Approximately $6m was awarded from the FY 2001 and FY 2002 appropriations, for a total of 45 fuel cells.