Example sentences of "pass on to the consumer " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , while some type of guarantee scheme or bonding would seem to be desirable , the cost will inevitably be passed on to the consumer in the form of higher charges . |
| 2 | It would be possible to institute a ‘ retail price index minus x ’ formula , designed to encourage efficiency and to ensure that productivity gains are passed on to the consumer . |
| 3 | The questions of whether to allow increases in the industry 's import fuel bills to be passed on to the consumer and how to treat investment need to be addressed . |
| 4 | Hence , if increased trade union bargaining power led to high wage settlements they could be passed on to the consumer in the form of higher prices . |
| 5 | And that is passed on to the consumer in the price tag . |
| 6 | But governments seem unable to learn that the high taxes are inevitably passed on to the consumer as part of the cost of operating a business : Taxes have to be paid , and just as fuel and power bills are borne , tax liability forms part of the overall cost-recovery necessary for the survival of a business . |
| 7 | This does not lead directly to higher prices , but the burden has in part been passed on to the consumer in reduced variety . |
| 8 | Is the Minister aware that there would be widespread opposition , particularly in Scotland , to any Government imposing legislation that led to the disappearance of the traditional head on a pint of beer or to increased costs being passed on to the consumer in price increases ? |
| 9 | Subsidies would also be provided for agricultural enterprises in order to limit the extent to which oil price rises would be passed on to the consumer in higher costs . |
| 10 | Industrialists have opposed the plan , arguing that it will lead to substantial cost increases which will have to be passed on to the consumer . |