Example sentences of "pass on to consumer " in BNC.

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1 This , of course , is subject to the question of whether the producer should have recalled the furniture if the risk was great , or issued warnings to retailers to pass on to consumers .
2 The cost of the premiums would , of course , be passed on to consumers in the price of the products .
3 Cost-push inflation is said to exist when rising production costs are passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices , regardless of the state of demand in the economy .
4 However , both he and his 73-year-old wife predicted those increases would be passed on to consumers , with extra charges being made on day-to-day necessities .
5 Mr Clinton wanted energy producers to absorb the tax ; after strenuous lobbying , it now looks as if it will be fully passed on to consumers .
6 Supporters suggest that because water metering lowers demand , water companies wo n't need to spend so much money on building new reservoirs — savings that can be passed on to consumers .
7 Competitive firms are often thought to lack the resources to do effective R&D , and vigorous price competition means that all of the gains to innovation are passed on to consumers , making it difficult for firms to generate the profits necessary to finance R&D .
8 If indirect taxes are levied on goods with highly inelastic demand curves , then the indirect taxes will be largely passed on to consumers as higher prices .
9 The trust will also recommend whether the investment costs should be passed on to consumers ( a decision ultimately the responsibility of the respective regulatory bodies ) .
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