Sentence examples for expensive spent from inspiring English sources

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As a consequence, whereas the poorest quintile (often from rural areas where distribution costs are higher and electricity is therefore more expensive) spent about 8.25% of their income on electricity (though consuming much less), the portion of the richest quintile accounted for 3.47% only [107].

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It is also proceeding with expensive spending plans, including the paid parental leave scheme.

The French company is laden with around euro33 billion of debt thanks to an expensive spending spree that included buying Universal Music, Universal Studios and American cable television networks.

Poland and Romania, in particular, have proved alarmingly ready to make expensive spending pledges for political reasons.A new World Bank study of public spending (see chart below) highlights the bad bargain that the region's taxpayers are getting.

Many Hungarians' discontent with the government tends to evaporate as soon as they look at the opposition.Mr Orban's campaign has been gaffe-strewn, and his programme is peppered with expensive spending commitments, including bigger housing subsidies.

At one point, as Asonye rattled off Manafort's expensive spending habits, Ellis jumped in to chide, "It isn't a crime to be profligate in your spending". He asked the prosecutor to stick to evidence of criminal wrongdoing.

He gestures to the other side of the valley where his brother-in-law is knee-deep in mud behind a buffalo, ploughing a field that once lay fallow.Expanding safety nets does not have to be expensive: spending on cheap food is only 4% of Chhattisgarh's budget.

"Fall is a great time because it's in between these expensive spending seasons," she says.

But it's unlikely that any party would latch on to all the hugely expensive spending proposals set out in the document.

Moreover, these schools were pushed to gamble big in their investments in order to keep up with their expensive spending habits.

The movie was also expensive: George Lucas spent $58 million to make "Red Tails" and spent another $35 million to market it, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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