Sentence examples for control of a budget from inspiring English sources

Emerging results suggest that when people are given control of a budget, they typically underspend it.

ALBANY — Hoping to seize control of a budget battle dominated for weeks by Gov. David A. Paterson, lawmakers voted on Monday to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in education and health spending that the governor had sought to cut.

Undemocratic quangos assumed control of a vast budget and a great deal of public life in the UK.

As London Mayor Boris Johnson's right-hand man, he has control of an £11bn budget.

Asked by the Radio Times what he would do if given control of an £8bn budget to run the BBC, Capaldi said: "I'd have more regional drama.

As Boris Johnson drifts towards the end of his time at City Hall, electors can look back on eight years of national media coverage dotingly obsessed with his noise, novelty and designs on Downing Street to the frequent exclusion of his control of an annual budget upwards of £15bn and use of powers that have shaped how the capital has evolved.

Aside from that, the director could do what he liked, enjoying complete creative control of a reported £500,000 budget.

Above all, he failed to gain control of a soaring municipal budget, even though he increased taxes.

ALBANY — When Andrew M. Cuomo was sworn in as New York's chief executive six weeks ago, he took control of a multibillion-dollar budget, tens of thousands of state workers and hundreds of agencies.

The review said one of the strongest commitments to improvement was to take control of a school's budget.

The independent film studio Carolco Pictures decided to take over the production of Jacob's Ladder, giving Lyne a greater creative control and a budget of $25 million.