1.   This demonstrates the difficulties in proving that higher expenditure leads to better health.

2.   Almost two-thirds of those surveyed said higher expenditures for home purchases and mortgage refinancings would curtail their spending.

3.   The higher marketing expenditures raises several questions, Conway said.

4.   There is concern that a deal would favor higher expenditures, which would mean higher interest rates, instead of greater debt reduction, which would lower rates.

5.   Urban departments, often struggling with dwindling tax bases and higher expenditures for social services, pay far less.

6.   Digitial Video cited higher expenditures on staff for its growing China operations and seasonal factors.

7.   Movado, a maker of luxury watches, cited higher advertising expenditures and lower gross margins.

8.   The bureau attributed the higher-than-planned deficit to shortfalls in tax revenues and higher expenditures.

9.   The rise in overall wage earner spending stemmed mainly from higher expenditures in the cultural and entertainment sector and the transportation and communications sector, Yamabe said.

10.   Higher expenditure on private construction projects outweighed a slight fall in public spending, the Commerce Department data showed.