1.   The households expend their resources on goods and the firms provide the households with income as they pay for productive resources.

2.   To meet the target, managers were forced wastefully to expend resources on the most trivial complaints.

3.   But it could just as easily be seen as part of an elaborate cat-and-mouse game, with each nominee trying to lure the other into expending dwindling resources unwisely.

4.   By the end of the Cold War, the United States had gradually lost much of its power to expend resources.

5.   In their first phase, the influence of hegemons stems from their power to expend resources.

6.   On the contrary, they have shown a willingness not only to admit new members, but to expend resources to assist in the transition.

7.   Some people prefer to expend resources on stereo equipment and Chiefs tickets.

8.   Their carnage has emergency rooms across the nation expending resources beyond reason.

9.   With supplies plentiful and prices low, there is no reason to drill in this sensitive area or expend a resource that may be required later.