Sentence examples for tighten budgets from inspiring English sources

It will be tough to tighten budgets as the region's economies reel.

But he said the current drive to tighten budgets provided the ideal opportunity to trim the fat.

Mr. Fox, the analyst, said such hotels, which also have lower room rates than full-service lodgings, will do well "in down times, as business travelers tighten budgets".

More than 5,400 nursing posts have been cut since the Coalition came to power, as NHS trusts tighten budgets in the wake of an unprecedented slowdown in health spending.

But the economic downturn and the drift of readers and advertisers to the Web also forced the paper to lay off members of the news staff and tighten budgets considerably.

But as colleges across the country look for ways to tighten budgets amid recession-induced shortfalls, some administrators — most recently in the South — have focused on college radio, leading even well-endowed universities to sell off their FM stations.

At a meeting Monday, all European Union nations except Britain and the Czech Republic agreed to a new fiscal compact demanded by Germany, intended to tighten budget discipline.

Thus, the only remaining option, as unpleasant as it may be for some countries, is to tighten budget constraints in the eurozone.

French leaders have also pressed for speedy adoption of European legislation to tighten budget discipline across the euro zone, as well as measures to pool at least some of the euro zone countries' debt.

Irish voters, already tired of austerity measures that have weighed heavily on their economy, on Thursday cast ballots on whether to back the European Union's fiscal compact, an agreement to tighten budget rules.

Belts must be tightened, budgets reduced, frugality applauded.