They operate on a shoestring budget, drawn largely from their personal savings.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
He continued racing on a shoestring budget and without much success.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
On their shoestring budget, how have they done it?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And to do so on a shoestring budget.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But chances of them doing that look slim on a shoestring budget.
The Sun (2009)
Living in one squalid room while renovating on a shoestring budget, we rethought our strategy.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They survived on a shoestring budget by growing their own vegetables and would camp at fairs, where they could sell their wares.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
And how can an institution already struggling on a shoestring budget to maintain its permanent collection find sufficient funds also to extend its contemporary holdings?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Despite a tiny staff and shoestring budget, he managed to slowly build a roster of 1,024 agents by 1915.
The Sun (2015)
The highly original horror hit was a runaway underdog success story, earning a record-breaking $240 million on a shoestring budget, thanks largely to brilliant online marketing.