FUNDING in a Sentence

Learn FUNDING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
210 example sentences for FUNDING, such as:
1. The Senate voted narrowly to continue funding the scheme.
2. The agent's son embezzled the funds and ran off with them.
3. Half the university research posts depend on outside funding.
4. Industrial sponsorship is a supplement to government funding.
5. The program is under threat of closure due to lack of funding.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of FUNDING
funding
 n.  financial resources provided to make some project possible
 n.  the act of financing
Classic Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1  The agent's son embezzled the funds and ran off with them.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  One day, when we were holding a meeting to secure funds for its erection, an old, ante-bellum coloured man came a distance of twelve miles and brought in his ox-cart a large hog.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX.
3  After we had secured all the help that we could in Tuskegee, Miss Davidson decided to go North for the purpose of securing additional funds.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX.
4  After that kindly introduction I began going North alone to secure funds.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
5  In my efforts to get funds I have had some experiences that may be of interest to my readers.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
6  We were in great distress because of lack of funds, and the nervous strain was tremendous.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
7  She not only continued to work in the school at Tuskegee, but also kept up her habit of going North to secure funds.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII.
8  Most of the addresses in the North were made for the direct purpose of getting funds with which to support the school.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII.
9  You see, all of our Confederate funds belong to the Yankees now--at least, the Yankees think so.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
10  Misuse of public funds, waste and corruption had reached such proportions during his administration that the edifice was toppling of its own weight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
11  The negroes had frolicked through the legislature, grasping aliens had mismanaged the government, private individuals had enriched themselves from public funds.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
12  The truth was that her funds, as usual, were inconveniently low; and to neither Dorset nor his wife could this vulgar embarrassment be safely hinted.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
13  But, turning another page or two, he discovered with astonishment that, in spite of this recent accession of funds, the balance had already declined to a few dollars.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 14
14  Not in twenty years would the council propose or Gopher Prairie vote the funds for a new city hall.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
15  The company, Ezra explained to Carol, had no funds for giving pensions.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence: (161 in 11 pages)
1  The basic lack of government funding is at the core of the problem.
2  Most students face the problem of funding themselves while they are studying.
3  Industrial sponsorship is a supplement to government funding.
4  Interest in the project fizzled after the funding was withdrawn.
5  The project had to be abandoned due to a lack of government funding.
6  When I brought up the question of funding, he quickly interjected that it had been settled.
7  Half the university research posts depend on outside funding.
8  The first move has been in converting to a project-based resource allocation system rather than funding an overall area of activity.
9  I'm sorry to say that the project's funding has been cancelled.
10  The loss of respect for British science is correlated to reduced funding.
11  The Senate voted narrowly to continue funding the scheme.
12  The funding was withdrawn after they botched up the first stage of the research.
13  Under the new scheme only successful schools will be given extra funding.
14  We were unable to get funding and therefore had to abandon the project.
15  The program is under threat of closure due to lack of funding.