Sentence examples for stiff budget from inspiring English sources

Spain's miners have become the most visible face of the opposition to the stiff budget cuts that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government has imposed on virtually every state-promoted activity in the country.

He seems genuinely upset, not least on behalf of those fans on a tight budget who will find £100 rather stiff.

Still, the government managed to pass a stiff new austerity budget with steep tax increases on Tuesday, even as protesters demonstrated angrily outside the Parliament building.

But they have got stiff competition from budget rivals Air Asia and Air Asia X, quality neighbouring airlines like Singapore, and the Gulf carriers.

The Channel Tunnel rail link connecting the UK to continental Europe was originally expected to reach the 10 million passengers milestone by 1998, but failed to do so as it encountered stiff competition from budget airlines and poor weather conditions.

Lufthansa has struggled recently against stiff competition from budget airlines such as Ryanair and easyJet on its European routes, and rivals such as Emirates and Turkish on long-haul flights.

Then they come home and stiff the global AIDS budget.

Ms Santanche, who hails from the right-wing National Alliance, had just succeeded in putting into Italy's 2006 budget a stiff new tax on pornography and sex goods.

The budget encountered stiff resistance from congressional Democrats and progressive activists, spurring a petition delivery and protest outside the White House where Bernie Sanders spoke.

The demands on the budget get stiffer from here – a surplus of 3.5%, rather than 1.5%, is required by 2018.

The new budget promises stiffer competition for a smaller pool of research grants.