Sentence examples for control budgets from inspiring English sources

Locally elected borough councils would control budgets and services and oversee smaller building projects.

This is a cabinet meeting, and these people control budgets totalling more than £10bn.

There is an overwhelming case for electing more powerful councillors to represent single member wards able to innovate and control budgets.

Selig talked about minority suppliers and minority banks, but his directive talked about positions whose holders control budgets and have the authority to make decisions in baseball operations.

The regions' failure to control budgets defeated Spain's attempt to meet a 6% deficit target last year, leaving it at 8.9%.

That is mainly because the mayor of New York has much more power to control budgets than the president, a governor or pretty much any chief executive this side of Vladimir Putin.

Three years ago, the city raised the rat control budget to about $13 million, from $5.5 million.

"What this comes down to is how do you control budget growth," said one senior United States official.

Scott was also asked about criticism he has received over a 40% cut to the state's mosquito control budget in 2011.

After the I.O.C., the United States is the agency's single largest contributor, committing about $2 million a year from the national drug control budget.

But that could change this week, amid mounting investor doubt about the ability of political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic to slash spending and control budget deficits.