Just 20 have been allocated to the UK, although sales to the general public in large volumes are expected to follow within two years.
It also looks like the final tranche of money for rural broadband - some £300m - promised in 2010 has now been cut by £50m, although officials say the missing money is still in the pot, it just hasn't been allocated.
A candidate needs to amass 1,144 delegates to clinch the nomination, and just 37 have been allocated so far based on the primaries in New Hampshire and South Carolina Iowaa has not awarded any yet based on the Jan . 3caucuses).
Douglas Carswell found he had been allocated just such a dungeon on his return as a Ukip MP after defecting from the Conservatives (he had rather a nice office before his act of treachery).
In California's budget, passed this month, $570m has been allocated just for this.In Aspen, a particularly chic resort town in Colorado where the median price of a house is now over $2m, "affordable housing" is needed even for people who would, in most places, be the prosperous upper-middle class.
But just because the money has been allocated does not mean the line will actually get built.
Even with President Obama's emphasis on promoting cleaner cars, only $8.4 billion of the $25 billion authorized by Congress for the A.T.V.M. program has been allocated, with just one small project of $50 million gaining approval in the last two years.
Most managers are held accountable for staying within their department's budget, and if compensation dollars have already been allocated, there just may not be resources available for your raise.
Some of the wines being offered by distributors are rarities, boutique and hard-to-find wines that in the past would have been allocated to just a tiny group of mostly restaurant accounts but now are going to a broader range of outlets.
