Sentence examples for spending contest from inspiring English sources

MR. BUSH -- If this were a spending contest, I'd come in second.

"If this were a spending contest, I'd come in second," Mr. Bush said.

"If this were a spending contest," he said, "I'd come in second".

He feels that Formula One had become too much of a spending contest over the past few years.

When he first ran for president, he said he believed in limited government, and boasted that if his race with Al Gore were a spending contest, "I would come in second".

He used a prepared line to underscore his big-spender charge -- "If this were a spending contest, I'd come in second" -- and closed strongly by reciting the promise that most irritates die-hard Clintonites: "to uphold the dignity and honor of the office".

A progressive income tax that exempts savings would divert billions of dollars from wasteful mine-is-bigger spending contests.

A slugfest between SEIU and AFSCME in Vermont would be a throwback to the frenzied spending contests waged by the same two unions over home-based workers in 2004-2005.

They had the hard-nosed experience that comes with careers spent contesting knock-out matches.

"Substantial public money has already been spent contesting this case and I have considered the additional significant costs of any appeal in making my decision.

Last week, the current DRD minister, Mr Kennedy, said substantial public money had already been spent contesting the case and it was his opinion that an appeal was not in the public interest.