Sentence examples for understood to spend from inspiring English sources

Mistry's wealth makes him Ireland's richest citizen and while his permanent residence remains Mumbai, he is understood to spend regular amounts of time in his adopted country.

British and American intelligence services are understood to have spent months building a detailed picture of jihadists' movements in advance of the attack.

It costs $1,500 a day merely to link a channel up to a geo-stationary satellite from a phone on the ground.CNN is understood to be spending $1m a day covering the war, and to have put aside a $25m war-chest.

America's treasury secretary, Hank Paulson, is understood to have spent a lot of time reassuring them, especially about the reaction to their investments in Wall Street, after Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and others persuaded the funds to shore them up.

Describing themselves as "a collective of individuals from London aged 30-50", they claim not to have first-hand knowledge of the Dutch drugs scene, although one of the game's inventors is understood to have spent time in prison.

After their meeting with Dubai-based British businessman Harvey Boulter on the 41st floor of the Shangri-la hotel the pair are understood to have spent the rest of the day lounging by the pool and in Werritty's hotel room.

Mourinho is understood to be spending the week in Portugal with his family, but he is looking for a quick return to management and with Van Gaal's United floundering, the 52-year-old could realise his dream of taking over at Old Trafford if the club's board decides to dispense with the current manager.

Green, 59, who is understood to have spent several years recently in the far east, has said he is backed by a consortium of investors which includes Jude Allen, described as an Indonesian hotel designer, Mazen Houssami, a lawyer from the Middle East, "offshore trusts" and a Singapore family trust.

News UK is understood to have spent about £30m for the three-year rights to Premier League online highlights and has upgraded its offices in Wapping to include a TV studio where presenters including former Arsenal player Ian Wright host shows Monday to Friday.

Gerhard Zeiler, chief executive of RTL, and Dawn Airey, chairman and chief executive of Five, are understood to have spent recent months talking to a wide range of potential buyers for loss-making Five, drawing more interest than might have been expected from a number of sources, beyond obvious potential buyers such as ITV and BSkyB.

The Northern Ireland Executive is understood to be spending over £3m to bring the race to the province.