to be used to help to pay for something
Aides for both men insisted the money goes towards admin costs and neither gets any of the money personally.
Almost half of that money has gone towards paying about 3,000 locals to carry out the work.
At a time when there is such fear of childhood obesity the money raised should go towards sport in the UK.
He added: 'I would like to see some of any money offenders earn going towards supporting their own families.
I wonder how far that amount would go towards resolving our current financial difficulties?
I've got mixed feelings about money going towards fireworks and acrobats.
Just think of the money which could go towards making our lives better rather than wasting it on blowing one another up.
Most of the money goes towards subsidising farmers and funding infrastructure and employment projects, especially in the poorer regions.
Most of the money would go towards funding a new brewery.
People expect their money to go towards making quality programmes - not wasted on empty hotel rooms.
She hopes this money will go towards bringing up a family in the future.
Thanks to the cut-throat capitalism of European football almost all of this extra money will go towards buying players.
That money goes towards subsidising children from poorer nations (tickets are priced according to the gross domestic product of each country).
That money will now go towards capturing Bale.
The bulk of this money will go towards a deposit on my next house in Bristol.
The money could go towards sport, hospitals or children and emergency charities.
The money he earns goes towards his debts, while I buy all our food.
The money raised will go towards paying off the national debt.
The money raised will go towards rebuilding the children’s hospital.
The money should be going towards making football affordable for the real fans.
The money will go towards energy efficiency measures, such as loft and cavity wall insulation.
The money would go towards the upkeep of the network.
The proceeds from the sale of the grounds will go towards the construction of a new stadium.
Think how far that money would go towards paying off the overdraft at Old Trafford.
This money will go towards the cost of storing the touring poppies and moving them around the UK.
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