Examples:

• But it has done so on a shoestring.
• If you want to do this on a shoestring, fine.
• They work on a shoestring budget.
• The conference was organised by Historical Materialism on a shoestring and advertised only on the internet.
• Pariwana Cusco is the best place to sleep and party on a shoestring in the magical city of Cuzco.
• Running an International organization with two full time staff and four part time people on a shoestring budget is very challenging.
• The School of Authentic Journalism is pulled off each year on a shoestring budget, with a lot of sweat equity and team spirit.
• This is unfortunately so, even as we equally habitually burden the Organization with escalating tasks for it to perform on a shoestring budget.
• Through his efforts and fortunate coincidence, De Palma was able to find a company to finance it and make it on a shoestring budget of $5 million.
• Otherwise we will make too many promises which we simply cannot fulfil and when it comes to supporting NGOs you often operate on a shoestring.