Sentence examples for paltry budget from inspiring English sources

Malawi used its own paltry budget revenues to introduce a tiny subsidy program for the world's poorest people, and lo and behold, production doubled within one harvest season.

In truth, the leagues -- and even the self-important International Olympic Committee, with its paltry budget for progressive lab work -- don't want to know.

Thanks to a combination of Swayze and Grey's leading roles, a great supporting cast, 1960s nostalgia, that soundtrack and Eleanor Bergstein's deft screenwriting, the film was a huge box-office hit, earning back more than 35 times its paltry budget of $6m.

Despite the show's paltry budget, it drew appearances from art-world luminaries like Taylor Mead and developed a cult following.

This was seen as radical in Major League Baseball, with many commentators opining their disregard of statistics over scouting, but Beane's adopted data-driven strategy allowed him to compete with the big boys on his comparatively paltry budget.

Documentarians face often paltry budgets and ample competition for attention in an increasingly fractured marketplace.

Paltry budgets, faulty strategies and government mismanagement have hamstrung past efforts to combat the disease.

Long affected by collapses, paltry budgets and red tape, historic sites must often limit access, even to places that have been recently restored at great expense.

There are 566 municipalities, many with paltry budgets and skeletal staff, whose leaders arrive in government with little training and salaries of less than $15,000 a year.

Media outlets, with their paltry budgets, know this more than anyone.

Paltry budgets and the resulting constricted vision often hamstring science fiction on the small screen, but "High Castle" doesn't suffer from either of those problems.