Overall, the budget for security has soared to well over £1bn.

Ruby Tuesday's budget has soared from $2.9 million for all of 2003 to $4.2 million through May.

The original budget soon soared out of sight.

NOT only has the cost of making movies risen sharply, but the budgets for advertising them have soared as well.

That project, too, faltered in 1998 after the budget soared to more than $100 million.

The budget had soared to nearly $20 million, a huge sum in those days.

The budget, which was originally around $85 million, reportedly soared to $100 million before principal photography wrapped.

The budget soared from $12m to $30m and shooting dragged on from the scheduled six weeks to 16 months.

The budget for farm programs soared to $26 billion in 1986, and similar costs have been borne by European nations as well.

As it turned out, however, the budget often soared above the estimated figure.