generous grant

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generous
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/
willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual ...
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grant
noun[C]
uk
/ɡrɑːnt/us
/ɡrænt/
an amount of money given especially by the government to a person or organization for a ...
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(Definition ofgenerousandgrantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Instead, he tried to pretend that he was making agenerousgrantwhich would do no basic harm to either the services or the rates.
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I hope they will give agenerousgrant.
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The local authority can proceed to do the work themselves with a much moregenerousgrantgiven to them and with no limitation on the rents which they can charge.
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The fact that they are higher than what we firmly believe the rate of inflation will be shows that this is quite agenerousgrantsettlement.
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A sufficient solution would be a voluntary approach with agenerousgrantto aid the poorer owner-occupier.
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That is often much more important than the most imaginative andgenerousgrant.
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Since the moregenerousgrantcame in last year, only 7,073 such grants had been made in the last four months.
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It provides, in most cases, a relativelygenerousgrantin the first year.
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If she does not wish to do that, she is entitled to agenerousgrantfrom the state for looking after her child at home.
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Would it not be possible to get other institutions started if a moregenerousgrantwere given for the initiation of schemes?
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We are consulting statutory and voluntary bodies on a moregenerousgranttowards hostel types of accommodation.
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What about the town development scheme, which qualifies for a verygenerousgrantindeed?
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The only way in which this state of affairs could possibly be helped would be by agenerousgranttowards the building of private houses.
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Yet the second may be in receipt of agenerousgrant.
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As pensioners only purchase spectacles once in five years, thisgenerousgrantworks out at 4p a week.
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I say "subsidise", because they give it a quitegenerousgrantto carry out its activities.
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There is agenerousgrantfor the training and equipping of them and so there is no financial excuse for not getting on with it.
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They showgenerousgrantincreases to every authority in the country.
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Then we have inserted a provision enabling a moregenerousgrantto be paid in certain important cases, particularly for playing fields.
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