In letters to the fund, they explain that even though their budgets have tightened, they remain committed to charitable giving.

As budgets have tightened, it's no wonder that the number of new units has fallen.

As budgets tighten while voters demand academic results, educators are offering modes of measurement.

As budgets tighten, they need to find new ways to recruit, manage and retain volunteers, delivering better services to their beneficiaries at reduced cost.

As budgets tighten, companies naturally want to cut down on raises.

School administrators say the programs have become increasingly important as state and Federal aid to local schools declines and budgets tighten.

In the midst of recession, the 1981 budget deliberately tightened fiscal policy.

When budgets tighten, relatively small projects like Astro are inevitably hurt.

But in the mid-70's, when budgets tightened, driver education was often cut.

As budgets tightened, would employers, whether public or private, be willing to pay at least £8.30 an hour - £2.22 more than the legal minimum wage?