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Examples of shoestring


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We do not want politics run on a shoestring, leading to poor decisions, poor government and the discouragement of good people from coming into politics.
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Almost all the pilgrimages are financed on a shoestring; the overwhelming majority of the pilgrims come from the poorer sections of society.
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It was said that it was being launched on a shoestring budget—but look at it now.
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That can only be described as a shoestring budget.
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However, community health councils have had to operate on a shoestring budget for many years.
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At present, it has to run on a shoestring budget.
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It is impossible to run a large symphony orchestra on a shoestring, or to run good opera cheaply.
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But it faces the problem of funding, which is on a shoestring.
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But new mini-cab firms are cropping up all over the place—often operating on a shoestring—and so many of them are still running about uninsured.
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For a long time they have been running the groups on a shoestring.
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Not only are theatres closing, but those which remain are run on a shoestring.
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Many voluntary organisations and charities work on a shoestring and may find it difficult to comply without interfering with their genuine, excellent work.
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Some of the intermediate schemes are operated on a shoestring.
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My concern is that they are operating on a shoestring.
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The people running the play group movement have been managing on a shoestring for a long time.
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Many voluntary groups and projects operating on a shoestring are still worried about their future sustainability.
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They are literally living on a shoestring which is wearing very thin.
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Is it true, as some of the latest events seem to indicate, that some airline operators are running on a shoestring?
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It is run on a shoestring, funded by contributions from the construction industry and the donations which it receives.
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It is no good any more doing these things on a shoestring.
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However, it is run on a shoestring and is not in receipt of any substantial payments from central or local government.
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It is remarkable what we have succeeded in doing on a shoestring.
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It was thought that it would operate on a shoestring to match the voluntary effort of the movement.
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I saw a football made of shoestrings and other strings shared between 100 children.
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Over the past 100 years, we had to establish that to pull ourselves up by our shoestrings.
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