Example sentences of "rise [prep] [noun sg] charges [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HEALTH ministers were rebuked yesterday in the Commons by Speaker Betty Boothroyd for announcing yesterday 's 13 per cent rise in prescription charges by way of a written reply instead of facing MPs . |
| 2 | Further to the first point of order , is it an order for the press to hear about the proposed rise in prescription charges before this house and would n't it have not been better if the Secretary of State to come and made a statement and we could have questioned her about it . |
| 3 | For instance , when the government sold British Telecom to private shareholders in 1984 , it set up the Office of Telecommunications as the regulatory agency and limited the permitted rise in telephone charges to 3 per cent below the rate of inflation . |
| 4 | Why does he not give the hon. Member for Bolton , North-East ( Mr. Thurnham ) a copy of last month 's Department of Employment gazette , which shows that the rise in telecommunication charges during the past year has been 7 per cent . |
| 5 | Why will he not accept responsibility for the rise in telecommunication charges above inflation during the 13 years of the Government 's misrule ? |
| 6 | In spite of the recession , reduced profits from property sales and a 50 per cent rise in interest charges to £3.5 million profit before exceptionals was down only 9 per cent to £22.1 million , of which £11.8 million came in the first half . |