11.   The fee made no sense to Branch or his attorney.

12.   The fees could make small retail orders uneconomical, since they would amount to almost three times the cost of an ounce of caviar.

13.   The fees made him wealthy and he invested in businesses through his company, Alioto Enterprises.

14.   The higher fees made head-to-head price comparisons difficult.

15.   The fees make falling behind on a large balance an increasingly expensive mistake.

16.   The rising fees are making it difficult for networks to make a profit on their programming.

17.   The rising rights fees are making it increasingly difficult for networks to make a profit on their programming.

18.   Those fees will make it hard for new competitors to offer lower rates than existing utilities.

19.   Local call fees make it relatively expensive to go online.

20.   Local call fees make it relatively expensive to go online here.