Sentence examples for significant overrun from inspiring English sources

However, in the remaining two categories, there was a significant overrun in the budget.

The report says: "The risk of a significant overrun could reasonably have been identified on the evening of Christmas Day".Instead, the decision to close King's Cross on 27 December was made on Boxing Day, giving less time for train operators - and passengers - to revise their plans.

Kneale later claimed that the BBC's transmission controllers had threatened to take them off the air during one significant overrun, to which Cartier replied, "Just let them try!" Some BBC documentation suggests that at least one transmitter region did cut short the broadcast of the final episode.

But Dr David Lowry, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Resource and Security Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who made the FoI request, said it was clear that the risk of footing the bill for a significant cost overrun had been transferred from Hinkley's operator to the taxpayer.

None of this is good news for aircraft programs that have run into significant cost overruns and production delays.

He also said that there had been significant cost overruns on county projects like the Hudson Hills golf course, which was financed without a referendum.

The City Council approved a bill on Wednesday that required the mayor to notify lawmakers about significant cost overruns on certain large city contracts.

Other systems also had significant cost overruns, the agency said, adding that the increases could force the Pentagon to cut the number of ships and planes it buys.

After years in which military budgets have soared to record levels, Pentagon officials are already preparing at a minimum to pare back, with a particular eye to slashing weapons programs that have suffered significant cost overruns.

Arena Stage in Washington has undertaken more ambitious programming after a $135 million expansion financed by private and public dollars, including a $35 million private gift, while the Intiman Theater in Seattle announced this month that it was canceling the rest of its 2011 season and laying off its staff because of weak revenue projections after a period of significant cost overruns.

The increasing usage resulted in significant cost overruns in the transcription budget for the department.