Sentence examples for slashed by 50% from inspiring English sources

At the same time, local authorities are being offered cash to approve house building, but the budget for affordable housing has been slashed by 50%.

In 1992 taxes on British micro-brewers were slashed by 50% and it sparked an industry revival that continues to this day: 71 breweries opened in Britain in 2009 alone, taking the total to 711, according to the Campaign for Real Ale, a pressure group.A tangle of red tape also baffles the budding distiller.

"It's been a very, very challenging time but everyone's come together and we've turned a lot of negatives into positives". Brown, who hopes to get the club on an even keel financially by the end of the season, knows staying in the National League is a minimum requirement but is full of praise for the way boss Gary Whild has managed to get a competitive squad together on a budget slashed by 50%.

"If people keep cutting water to farmers, the country will return to the desert it was when we came here 100 years ago". Agricultural water allocations have been slashed by 50% this year, and Tal has asked the government to immediately approve an additional 10% cut.

Our fine arts budget was slashed by 50percentt, our library media budget was completely eliminated, and district officials were forced to end the school year days early.

Ministers' pay will be slashed by 15%.

Its aid budget has been slashed by 10percentt.

The universities budget, incredibly, has been slashed by 60%.

"Our budget has been slashed by 40% since 2010.

He wants to see carbon emissions slashed by 80%.

Travel and conference spending was slashed by 30percentt.