Sentence examples for maintain surplus from inspiring English sources

Under old-fashioned state regulation, utilities were given financial incentives -- or otherwise were forced -- to maintain surplus capacity, just in case it was needed.

And international aid seemed a more efficient way of relieving food crises than relying on countries to maintain surpluses and food-security programs, which are wasteful and costly.

Indeed, the NHS has embedded explicit rewards for high performing providers that maintain surpluses and rewards them with greater financial and managerial autonomy in the form of granting them FT status.

Well-drained soil will allow the plant to receive the necessary moisture without maintaining surplus water around the root system, which may cause root rot.

The emerging key fiscal policy need is to address the implications of maintaining surpluses beyond the point at which publicly held debt is effectively eliminated...

Slavish adherence to maintaining surpluses would make carrying out the tax cut championed by Mr. Bush last year -- and further tax cuts -- complicated if not impossible.

Generally, the developing countries (unless they have a monopoly on a vital commodity) have particular difficulty maintaining surpluses since the terms of trade during periods of recession work against them; that is, they have to pay relatively higher prices for the finished goods they import but receive relatively lower prices for their exports of raw materials or unfinished goods.

John V. Zanfino, the town comptroller, said the surplus is now about $8 million and that fiscal experts recommend that municipalities maintain a surplus of about 10percentt of their budget.

Now the city tries to maintain a surplus.

Our capital exceeds regulatory requirements, and we maintain regulatory surplus above the 20percentt mandatory target.

The free ride we have given the rich has not helped our economy or our ability to maintain a surplus in the Treasury.