Sentence examples for programme of expansion from inspiring English sources

There is little doubt that much of its trouble is due, at least in part, to an overambitious programme of expansion.

SCHA is now busily embarking upon an ambitious programme of expansion and diversification in an effort to secure additional revenue streams.

Ms Murray also asked if any plans were in place to extend the flood warning scheme to other areas and Mr Wheelhouse said there was a "steady programme" of expansion.

A third programme of expansion was initially mooted in 2008.

The new owners embarked on a programme of expansion and installed one of the earliest electrical plants at any colliery in 1900.

These was a major programme of expansion to the sewer network in 1910, to ensure that it could cope with the expected volumes of effluent produced.

Virtually all European countries with sea coasts and navies had embarked on programmes of expansion in the 16th century, trading, fighting and settling in distant parts of the globe.

Russia equally entered into a programme of naval expansion in the 1890s; one of Russia's main objectives was to maintain its interests against Japanese expansion in the Far East.

Sky stole a march on the cable companies in the mid-1990s with a programme of rapid expansion and carefully-chosen premium content (mainly Premiership football matches).

The ECB is about to discover the truth of this as it starts on its own €1tn programme of monetary expansion in an effort to stimulate the stagnant eurozone economy.

Fearful of a political backlash from the sort of deep recession being suffered in the west, Beijing has embarked on a programme of reckless expansion that is providing short-term gain at the expense of long-term pain.