Sentence examples for towards aid from inspiring English sources

This is equivalent to $4bn, close to what Australia put towards aid.

But popular anguish at the losses in Afghanistan may mean that voters are keener on defence (and cooler towards aid) than Mr Cameron imagines.

Around the ground young soldiers from this magnificent group of fighting men, 13 of whom have been awarded the Victoria Cross, stood with collecting buckets, gathering donations towards aid for a country devastated by earthquake.

Wealthy donor countries are debating the biggest changes to development aid in more than 40 years, in a closed-door meeting on Monday that could see a "massive increase" towards aid that supports the private sector.

[It says Conservatives voters are "far more sceptical towards aid than Liberal Democrat or Labour supporters".] If we had a Labour person here, I'm sure they would claim that's because Conservatives are inherently selfish, nasty people.

While the changed climate towards aid is to be welcomed, it has to be seen in the light of Chirac's reminder that 'the divide between rich and poor has widened to a frightening degree.

Any gesture towards aiding the success of this "American project" risked a fierce popular backlash.

Others only begin to feel sick as they progress towards Aids.

The group normally works with drug addicts, orphaned children and vulnerable sections of the local population, but shifted much of its effort towards aiding refugees when hundreds began stumbling out of trains into their town, looking for the border.

Little research has been conducted towards aiding in decisions and appraisal of the building systems and components in the intelligent building.

"If the police and social services were to simply share existing information more effectively, this could go a significant way towards aiding the police and enabling people with dementia to live independently in their own homes," he added.