31.   Lower interest rates make it cheaper for companies to borrow money to fund expansion.

32.   Many firms had taken out loans in foreign currencies to fund expansion when the economy was booming.

33.   The cash injection will be used to fund overseas expansion.

34.   But he stressed that expansion must be funded by increased efficiency, not increased prices.

35.   Many other banks spent them on funding branch expansion, acquiring fixed assets and even for lending through the interbank market.

36.   The money would be used to fund the expansion of drilling and exploration efforts.