Sentence examples for been slashed for from inspiring English sources

Food aid has been slashed for refugees in Syria and Somalia.

Comparing average October forecasts with those made in September, America's expected GDP growth has been slashed, for 2001 from 1.6% to 1.0%, and for 2002 from 2.6% to 1.0%.

Funds for major equipment have been slashed – for example, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council was forced to reduce its contribution to equipment that costs between £10,000 and £122,000 (a bracket into which many common pieces of kit fall) by 50% – which is a blanket "no" for teams that can't stump up the other half.

Subsidies are likely to be slashed for off-shore wind farm and other green energy supplies.

The Economist's latest poll shows that growth forecasts are being slashed for emerging economies almost everywhere (see chart 1).

His first ball with that theory is slashed for four over third man by Afridi, then overthrows give them a couple more.

The signals coming out of the N.B.A. these days are all dire and point to a lockout coming next offseason, with Commissioner David Stern saying on Thursday that player salaries need to be slashed for the league to be profitable.

Safe recommended drinking limits should be slashed for the over-65s to take into account the effects of ageing, according to a doctors' report urging more action to tackle alcohol and drug misuse among the elderly.

One of the best known deals is the "Florida drive out", when prices are slashed for anyone looking to rent a car for a one-way drive up north in spring.

Apparently it is impossible in this society, after the longest drop in living standards since the Depression, and with benefits being slashed, for anyone to become so poor as to have to ask strangers for help.

People drowned because of inadequate resources: the budget was slashed for FEMA's emergency response team under President Bush; 40percentt of Louisiana National Guard units were in Iraq; the New Orleans police had only five boats.