Sentence examples for there was spare from inspiring English sources

But Greening said there could be another U-turn by the Treasury this autumn if there was "spare money".

Our room there was spare, with few of the luxuries of the hotel itself: no maid service or cable television or minibar.

One famously compared the case to supporting opera: a cultural luxury that should only be funded if there was spare money.

Some analysts noted that there was spare production capacity in some refineries around the country, the summer driving season is over and drivers are buying small cars and taking mass transit more frequently.

He said Islam required women to make the domestic sphere the primary focus of their lives, although this did not preclude high levels of education, paid professional work and even participation in political activity if there was "spare time".

The committee was similarly critical of existing bike lanes and other infrastructure, saying too much of this "treats cycling as an add-on to roads – an optional extra to be added if there was spare space, rather than a valid mode of transport".

Granada's producers do not have a choice if there is spare capacity in its studios, they must use it.

A slump in demand can leave factories and stores idle, so there is spare capacity in an industry.

Pope Francis has decried the intensified attacks in southern Syria, asking that people there be spared more suffering.

Though the books there were spared harm, New York University soon moved the stacks to the basement of a new building known as Technology II, designed by Marcel Breuer.

But there's spare capacity in abundance.