Sentence examples for procurement spending from inspiring English sources

In 1983, during the Reagan military buildup, procurement spending came to $121 billion in today's dollars.

The World Bank, which has worked with the Karzai government on development projects, can better monitor public spending, payment of government salaries and procurement spending.

Under Mr. Bush's proposal, procurement spending -- weapons purchases -- would grow to about $70 billion next year, from $61 billion, and steadily climb to $99 billion by 2007.

By comparison, President Reagan raised procurement spending by more than $20 billion between 1981 and 1982, as measured by inflation-adjusted dollars.

Liam Fox, the shadow Defence Secretary, has urged his party not to give in to political pressure and announce cuts to defence projects ahead of a strategic review of procurement spending.

The Pentagon says annual procurement spending must rise by about $20 billion, to $60 billion per year, by 2001 if America is to retain its military edge against all comers.

Most government departments have a procurement spend that is too small to justify highly paid CPOs.

This will focus on the £18bn annual procurement spend by hospital trusts (excluding the drugs used by them).

However, I challenged the association to go a step further and to use its entire procurement spend for community benefit.

This would provide a solid platform for the reform of the management of the £200bn annual public sector procurement spend.

It is truly astonishing that there are no central procurement agreements for the several hundred millions of pounds – possibly more than £1bn of procurement – spent on "specials".