Sentence examples for spending scarce from inspiring English sources

Nor are all those aims worth spending scarce public money on.

Beyond that, some urban planners question the wisdom of spending scarce public dollars on the Olympics.

Her bottom line is clear: Spending scarce money on a "scared straight" campaign is "fatally stupid" and likely to backfire.

Iran is spending scarce state funds on conventional arms to rebuild its army, navy and air force.

"One could be critical they're spending scarce resources and scarce time going after someone of symbolic value rather than strategic value," Fagan said.

Variously welcome as these commitments may be, are they really what is most needed and the most effective ways of spending scarce resources?

"It signals an unwillingness to spend scarce cash on obligations that may, at a later point, be avoidable," he said.

The towns have not been so fortunate, having spent scarce funds in exchange for thousands of jobs that no longer exist.

Finance ministers and aid officials say they want to be sure that things are really exceptionally bad before they spend scarce resources.

Germany, to the puzzlement of some of it own soldiers, plans to spend scarce defence euros on satellites that NATO already has.

With budding families and increasing work commitments, many young adults now prefer to spend scarce free time with real people rather than in cyberspace.