1.   Budget cuts forced schools to curtail after-school programs.

2.   But Coun Bill Dixon, deputy leader of the controlling Labour group on the council, said budget cuts had forced the authority into ordering the rises.

3.   Government cuts are forcing the TECs to cut the budgets made available to individual schemes.

4.   A Congressional Budget Office forecast out this week says the economic downturn and the tax cut could force the government to dip into the Social Security surplus.

5.   Budget cuts forced the city to rethink the fee structure.

6.   But funding cuts forced the clinic to close two days a week, and left Scotty no alternative to costly emergency room treatment that day in August.

7.   But budget cuts have forced the services to set aside long-standing rivalries and set aside some items on their wish lists to save money.

8.   Christopher warned that continued budget cuts could force the United States to reduce aid to countries considered essential to American interests, including Israel, Egypt and Jordan.

9.   Defense budget cuts worldwide are forcing militaries to update existing weapons with new electronics rather than buying new ones.