Sentence examples for devoted funds to from inspiring English sources

He devoted funds to fighting Jack C. Walton, the anti-Klan governor of Oklahoma; to the group's joy, Walton was impeached and removed from office in 1923.

It required legislation to enable local authorities to devote funds to this cause.

She said the National Congress should immediately devote funds to prison renovations and that prosecutors should be given more resources to investigate cases.

Even if the United States wanted to generously devote funds to help build new Arab democracies, its ability to do so is severely hampered.

Britain has a worthy record as a donor, helping the world's poorest and devoting funds to fragile states emerging from wars.

For their part, the three Democrats support an amendment that would devote funds to reducing class sizes, a measure Republicans oppose.Child-welfare is a sensitive subject for Mr Bush.

Drawing from a small portion of the federal funds allocated for the 2008 bank bailout, HHF lets state governments devote funding to helping homeowners avoid foreclosures.

Other districts singled out for praise included San Diego Unified, which devoted funds for mentor teachers to monitor the behavior, attendance and academic progress of foster students.

Like the for-profit college industry — but with a longer track record — the for-profit prison industry devotes ample funds to lobbying and to campaign donations.

This year has been declared the International Year of Biodiversity and it is also hoped that a major UN report this summer, on the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity, will encourage governments to devote more funds to conservation.

Beattie says the firm will devote more funds to advertising in coming years.