Get to know Overspends better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning.
Overspends meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of overspend
Using Overspends
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of overspend
- In the example corpus, overspends often appears in combinations such as: the overspends.
Context around Overspends
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overspends
- In this selection, "overspends" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, projected, predicting, health, ranging and gone stand out and add context to how "overspends" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include confident health overspends will be and councils predicting overspends. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overspends" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overspends
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The overspends in England are being tolerated because otherwise there’s political pain involved. (14 words)
Please, no whinges about helping fire victims with rebuilds, as taxpayers routinely pay out zillions for vast government overspends. (19 words)
The Minister for Public Expenditure is “confident” health overspends will be reined in, despite warnings from the State’s fiscal watchdog. (21 words)
But there was further bad news to come for the board’s finances because the report, which will be presented on Tuesday, also contained the projected overspends ranging from £68 million up to £75 million in each year up to 2026. (41 words)
Last month Jeremy Hunt set out the government’s fiscal plans for the year ahead amid an increasing number of councils predicting overspends. (23 words)
Sure we have acheived some projects and progress, but at what huge extra cost, and whose pockets have the overspends gone into? (22 words)
Sure we have acheived some projects and progress, but at what huge extra cost, and whose pockets have the overspends gone into? (22 words)
Example sentences (6)
But there was further bad news to come for the board’s finances because the report, which will be presented on Tuesday, also contained the projected overspends ranging from £68 million up to £75 million in each year up to 2026.
Last month Jeremy Hunt set out the government’s fiscal plans for the year ahead amid an increasing number of councils predicting overspends.
The overspends in England are being tolerated because otherwise there’s political pain involved.
The Minister for Public Expenditure is “confident” health overspends will be reined in, despite warnings from the State’s fiscal watchdog.
Please, no whinges about helping fire victims with rebuilds, as taxpayers routinely pay out zillions for vast government overspends.
Sure we have acheived some projects and progress, but at what huge extra cost, and whose pockets have the overspends gone into?
Common combinations with overspends
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: