Sentence examples for budget in shape from inspiring English sources

He has also won praise for getting his agency's budget in shape and improving efficiency.

Lee Adler, who teaches collective bargaining at Cornell University, points out that despite the financial pressure the state is under Mr Cuomo does not appear to be in any great hurry (he has yet to hire a chief negotiator) perhaps because he wants to get his budget in shape before he moves on to bargaining.

Spend less rather than want more, get your budget in shape.

France and Italy need to cut red tape and ease their labour laws, in exchange for more time to get their budgets in shape.

Years of high oil prices have left the Saudi budget in better shape than others.

He wants to limit pensions and cut spending in order to get the state's budget in better shape.

The tense bargaining, coming as executive branch agencies took precautionary steps in preparation for closing down after Friday, demonstrated how crucially both sides view the outcome of this budget fight in shaping the ground rules for larger struggles to come over fiscal issues.

When we saw this apartment seven years ago, one of the few within our budget, it was hardly in move-in shape.

With a wedding to pay for and plan, there might not be extra time or money in the budget to get in shape.

With state budgets in good shape, legislators and governors saw little need to raise excise taxes on gasoline and cigarettes this year, or sales taxes in general, according to CCH Inc., a provider of tax and business law software in Riverwoods, Ill., that recently released results of its annual consumer tax survey.

With the budget in the worst shape in years, the game-playing seems even more intense than usual.