11.   Profit Margins have generally been squeezed by the higher cost of imports, said Trade Indemnity spokeswoman Barbara Bennett.

12.   Should not the regulator ensure that the extra costs for higher cost plant are not passed to consumers?

13.   To introduce means-testing is expensive because of the higher costs associated with administering means-tested benefits.

14.   The net result will be higher costs to the consumer.

15.   Members are concerned that a merger might mean higher costs, in which case they would oppose it.

16.   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.

17.   The approach to these projects differs from the earlier generation of higher cost ventures.

18.   Health centres with a low throughput may have higher average costs than a busy hospital outpatient department.