1.   Maybe spending by government and utilities companies would be a worthwhile investment.

2.   Texas puts no limits on campaign contributions by lobbyists, or on spending by candidates.

3.   Spending by Japanese companies has left them more competitive than companies in other nations.

4.   They will be cutting through the competition like a hot knife through butter.

5.   Too much spending by a candidate can in fact cause a backlash.

6.   The job cuts are planned because the government ordered the Council to cut spending by ten million pounds.

7.   Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo is currently reviewing spending by the health, education, social security and defence departments on behalf of new Chancellor Kenneth Clarke.

8.   Much of the improvement in January came from a sharp and largely unexplained fall in spending by government departments.

9.   Every year there were warnings of savage cuts in services, he said, yet spending by Scottish local authorities had grown.