Sentence examples for earmarking about from inspiring English sources

The agency is earmarking about $40 million toward these projects.

On Sept. 15, President Reagan signed an executive order calling for drug testing of a broad range of the Federal Government's 2.8 million civilian employees, earmarking about $56 million for the undertak-ing in the first year.

Some analysts, including the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group, criticized the Mayor for not using the surplus to retire long-term debt, instead earmarking about three-quarters to help close projected budget gaps in the next two years and the rest to pay for new spending and tax cuts.

Alex Salmond said that earmarking about a tenth of oil and gas tax revenues - about £1bn a year - could create a £30bn sovereign wealth pot over a generation.

They are working against the grain here: Recently, the UK government announced that it will be earmarking about $2.4 million for projects with a military ethos in schools, aimed at instilling "resilience in children".

And we earmarked about $7 million for scholarship funds for any child whose parent was lost or disabled.

A budget report submitted to the legislature said the government had earmarked about $77.9 billion for the military in 2010, an increase of about $5.4 billion from actual spending last year.

THE European Union earmarks about €30 billion ($35 billion) each year for payments to its poorer regions, in the hope of helping them get richer.

Labor has earmarked about 5.4 billion dollars for car industry assistance until 2020, pointing to the sector's importance in maintaining heavy-industry skills and employment.

It has earmarked about €425m (£300m) to recruit thousands of extra police, spies and investigators to beef up surveillance and boost national security and intelligence.

The NT government has earmarked about $22m for new or improved facilities: $15m is allocated for Don Dale and $7m for a new youth justice precinct in Alice Springs.