1.   As motorists have found to their cost, the result has been a sharp increase in petrol prices at the pump.

2.   But prices at the pumps remained unchanged, enabling oil companies to announce record profits.

3.   Farmers had purchased land at quite unrealistic prices at the time of the reform and were not burdened with long-term borrowing.

4.   For the consumer, the shrunken harvest means shorter supplies and higher prices at the supermarket.

5.   He can buy a put, which would let him sell the shares at a fixed price at a later date.

6.   Hotels often inflate prices at particular times of the year.

7.   It attracts huge crowds to exhibitions and fetches high prices at auctions in New York, London and Paris.

8.   Prices at the trading posts averaged nine times higher than back East.

9.   To cut costs, managed-care companies have squeezed prices at the pharmacy counter.