Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [art] bill " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
| 2 | But the hotel may well bump up the bill with all sorts of spurious charges . |
| 3 | Pay-as-you-go means that today s contributors pay for the pension of today 's retired people — on the basis that the next generation will pick up the bill for today 's contributors when they retire . |
| 4 | SERPS consists of no more than a promise that future generations will pick up the bill . |
| 5 | There is a growing , often unstated , anticipation that the private sector will pick up the bill for public services . |
| 6 | But remember — raid your savings now and Santa wo n't pick up the bill . |
| 7 | The risk theory , therefore , requires an important value judgment in relation to any particular governmental activity : if that activity inflicts loss on private individuals , should those individuals be expected to bear it or should the government pick up the bill ? |
| 8 | The reality has been that our core funding , like that of so many other bodies , has been progressively reduced , by City Hall in our case , and we are constantly threatened with having our funding removed entirely , the premise being that BAT will pick up the bill . |
| 9 | Even if BAT do pick up the bill , as they have for East Belfast Community Council and the Centre for Neighbourhood Development , they can offer only 2 to 3 years project funding or finance for capital projects . |
| 10 | I think that the compan companies out there have not made any profits for about five years , and they 're desperate to return to er an even keel , and they are going to force up the price of goods and services as soon humanly possible , and we 'll pick up the bill . |
| 11 | Given the huge disparities which are of such enormous benefit to those at the top of the scale , who will pick up the bill ? |
| 12 | It is the local authorities that must pick up the bill for those problems . |
| 13 | I do not believe that we ever said to anyone in geriatric care or anyone who entered a home for any other reason , ’ Do n't worry — social security will pick up the bill , however reasonable or however high . ’ |
| 14 | Someone else can pick up the bill . |
| 15 | If that involves an overnight stay the scheme will pick up the bill for accommodation . |
| 16 | If the equipment is damaged it is unclear who will pick up the bill for its repair or replacement . |
| 17 | It 's the expensive side of medicine , you see , that the public will pick up the bill for , so you 've got to try and have a balance between these things . |
| 18 | He wrote to McKenna , concerned about the continued obstruction and urging that the Home Office should speed up the bill 's progress . |