tunnel toll
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftunnelandtoll
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tunnel
noun[C]
uk/ˈtʌn.əl/us/ˈtʌn.əl/
a long passage under or through the ground, especially one made ...
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toll
noun
uk/təʊl/us/toʊl/
a small amount of money that you have to pay to use a road, cross a ...
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(Definition oftunnelandtollfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I have no problem withtunneltollincreases that are justified and rationalised.
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Any vehicles entering an approach road would not be able to exit until having passed through the tunnel and thetunneltollfacility.
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The purpose of this lawsuit is first to oppose the sale of the tunnel and secondly to make thetunneltollfree.
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As a result, the cost rose from 238,000 to 302,000, and atunneltollwas charged to help recoup the cost.
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The tunnel tolls have to go into deficit to trigger a public inquiry and that inquiry takes a minimum of 22 months to report.
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Should the ferry be treated, financially, as one with the tunnel and perhaps be subsidised out of tunnel tolls?
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I understand that some work was done in 1975 by an inquiry into the possible results of an increase in tunnel tolls.
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The taxpayer should bear the cost of our tunnel tolls.
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My constituents have no say in this matter, yet they suffer daily the penalties of tunnel tolls.
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They want the straightforward power to be able to increase the tunnel tolls in line with inflation, measured by the retail prices index.
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If tunnel tolls are regularly to be increased, at least let it be done in the name of financial propriety.
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It is unfair to our constituents and their families to impose massive increases in tunnel tolls.
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Only one third of ferry passengers are commuters and instead of making a profit, the ferries cost £2.1 million a year, of which £700,000 is made up from tunnel tolls.
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The proponents say that an increase in tunnel tolls would increase use of other transport, as if people drove back and forth through the tunnels for fun.
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