Sentence examples for fund powers from inspiring English sources
The directly elected mayor of Greater Manchester would gain control of a £300m housing investment fund, powers over strategic planning, responsibility for franchised bus services and for integrated transport ticketing along the lines of London's Oyster card.
The bank offers loans and grants to the poorest nations and pursues an array of projects in better-developed nations as well — from helping fund power plants and other infrastructure to helping countries strengthen their financial markets and government institutions.
"We are wary about a trend toward constant accommodation of China," one Obama aide complained to the Financial Times after Britain joined 56 other nations in signing up to fund power plants, roads, telecommunications infrastructure and other ventures.
Team Europe Ventures (TEV), the German-based early stage fund powered by glorious bastards Lukasz Gadowski and Kolja Hebenstreit, is literally cooking up something.
And today, the UK Department for International Development announced its plans to fund Power for All, a campaign dedicated to delivering universal energy access by 2030.
Nuclear power is certainly well known to Wall Street, which despite its recent debacles, has refused to fund power reactors for more than 30 years because of their financial risks.
City deals may include new funding powers to commission transport and infrastructure, or for apprenticeships and skills.
The next round of mandatory disclosures is expected to reveal a windfall of digital consulting fees on Sunday, allowing a fuller transparency of how Super Pac funding powers social media targeting to arrive just one day before the Iowa caucuses.
Mr Jones was responding to new funding powers announced by the UK government.
He said: "Working together is the best way to promote jobs and growth and to secure devolution of funding, powers and responsibilities from the government.
