1. Election expenses are met from the public purse .

2. The money could simply go into the public purse, helping to lower taxes.

3. And all was to come from the public purse.

4. Out of the monies voted from this public purse wages were to be paid to soldiers to carry out that work of defence.

5. The public purse would not get anything; after all, it all comes to the same thing.

6. If rectification were refused, the public purse would be saved the burden of paying an indemnity.

7. They act as guardians of the public purse when dealing with members of spending departments who seek additional resources.

8. German public opinion is firmly set against the public purse to help the profligate Greeks.

9. People should provide for their own retirement and not expect to be supported by the public purse.

10. Should spending on the arts be met out of the public purse ?

11. Having a lot of people out of work places a large drain on the public purse.

12. Why should he - or anyone - be allowed to abuse the public purse?

13. Haze says his plan would help small businesses without draining the public purse.

14. Several key projects are at risk if Railtrack's demands on the public purse increase.

15. That will not impose any great burden upon the public purse.

16. His mere re-election can be relied on to revive the market and solve those problems - without costing the public purse one penny.http:///public purse.html

17. Clearly, this case was an outrageous fraud on the public purse.

18. We support the proposition that the provision of access beyond existing Rights of Way should be paid for out of the public purse.

19. much of the rebound in global demand is thanks to the public purse, from the officially induced investment surge in China to stimulus-prompted spending in America.

20. Fraud trials are often complex and have become an expensive drain on the public purse.

21. But she admitted it would have to be entirely funded from the public purse.

22. The balance was funded, directly and indirectly, from the public purse.

23. The financial problems of European universities stem from their near - total reliance on the public purse.