Sentence examples for steep approved from inspiring English sources

Reagan and his top economic advisers, after realizing their initial cuts were too steep, approved tax hikes in every subsequent year of his first term.

But, the authority approved steep discounts for people who buy West Virginia E-ZPass commuter passes.

Parliament had previously approved steep cuts in the minimum wage, welfare benefits and cabinet ministers' salaries, an increase in school fees, and a raising of the state pension age.

And so it was no surprise that the steep new tax increases approved this week by the governor of Illinois inspired the kind of trash talking heard more often from athletes than from state chief executives.

The bill also continued steep budget cuts previously approved by Congress under the so-called sequestration.

North Carolina approves steep benefit cuts for the jobless.

Mr. Christie has been criticized this year for approving steep cuts to his state's mass transit budget.

The House on Thursday approved a $210 billion measure to avert steep cuts in Medicare payments to doctors.

Formularies cover many people with private insurance, because managed care companies have found that they can find steep discounts on drugs if they limit their approved drug lists.

President Obama has urged the House of Representatives to pass without delay a deal approved by the Senate to avert steep tax rises and budget cuts.

Mortgage approvals fell by 6% in April to 29,355, down from 31,205 in March and a steep fall of 18% on the 35,840 mortgages approved in April 2010, according to the British Bankers Association BBABritish Bankers Association BBA