1.   The proceeds from the lottery go towards sports and recreation, as well as swelling the coffers of the government.

2.   They are swelling the coffers of groups that aid persecuted Christians.

3.   But Zhu said economic growth provided by stimulus spending had helped swell treasury coffers.

4.   Make them feel welcome as they will help swell our coffers.

5.   Certainly, the usual flood of flowers and cards on Thursday helped swell the coffers of a multi-million dollar, multi-national industry.

6.   Tremonti told Il Giornale newspaper that a tax amnesty controversially introduced late last year would swell state coffers as money illegally stashed abroad flooded back.

7.   The handout scheme is aimed at speeding up privatisation which has already swelled treasury coffers by three billion dollars in the last four years, he said.