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Practice was instead spent on purposefully slowing the offensive pace.
If that time was instead spent talking to junior doctors, to junior nurses and other people on the frontline then we could really understand their experiences.
The €80 monthly tax break to lower-paid workers did not raise household consumption, and was instead spent on tariffs and local taxes.
Just think how much those people could contribute to Australian society if only a small fraction of that amount was instead spent on welcoming them and getting them into work.
In 2012, almost 20% of total bilateral aid from OECD donors, totalling £10.8bn, was not transferred to developing countries and was instead spent on activities in the donor country or put towards the cancellation or rescheduling of debts.
Ms. Ryan's report to the House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies also revealed that $550,000 earmarked by Congress to help maintain and repair the Smithsonian's aging structures was instead spent on two capital construction projects during 2008.
Meanwhile, in school, the small hour allocated to socializing in person (lunch) is instead spent socializing on phones.
The funds were meant for renovating and maintaining presidential palaces but were instead spent on upgrading the family's private residences.
No security means that precious money needed to upgrade existing infrastructure is instead spent on replacing stuff that has been stolen.
These savings would generate an additional $1.6 billion in economic growth, as money that otherwise would be spent on electricity generated with imported fossil fuels is instead spent in the local economy.
That is largely because more than three-quarters of the money involved in the transportation bill -- raised through taxes on gasoline, airline tickets and jet fuel -- is not allocated at the discretion of Congress but is instead spent automatically through the highway trust fund and the airport and airways trust fund.
