11.   A secondary objection is that they are frequently expensive, with many of them bearing rather high fees.

12.   According to Mallon, customers have been put off by high fees and complicated rules that make many people ineligible to have bank accounts.

13.   Ahler told the jury that Biskind was motivated by the high fee charged for late-term abortions.

14.   But customers who have sued the credit card company say it gouges them with bogus late charges and high fees.

15.   But even some firms sending nonfragile items have high fees.

16.   But funds that start small sometimes continue to charge high fees after they have grown, Litman notes.

17.   But hedge funds charge high fees because they are expected to do well in bear markets.

18.   But in state litigation against the tobacco companies, some lawyers clearly stand to make astoundingly high fees.

19.   But high fees and testy relations between landowners and government officials all but halted progress until a few months ago.

20.   But note that the all-stock plan, managed by Merrill Lynch, charges relatively high fees for its services.