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Within a week or two the hole is filled with new asphalt that pushes up from below.

It is the high failure rate of these studies that pushes up the price of those few drugs that do succeed.

So when the air pushes up to go from the hot end to the cold end it puts some heat into the sponge.

In properly functioning markets, globalisation drives prices down thanks to the way it pushes up the potential supply of goods and services.

It suffers from slow growth, high unemployment and a welfare state that saps competitiveness and pushes up taxes.

A falling exchange rate pushes up the prices of imports and can produce inflation even while unemployment remains high.

Ease of credit generates demand that pushes up the value of property, which in turn increases the amount of credit available.

The Double Bubble sports a wide, downward-sloping nose which airflow pushes up, so its tail wings can be much smaller.

You take the blanket and cover him. You put the blanket over him. Says "Go" and assistant pushes up from ground, and claps to make him drop.

While this is good for manufacturers' margins it pushes up consumer prices, which is a headache for the Bank of England.

That is bad for consumers, of course, in so far as it pushes up the price of oil.

As Chinese consumption pushes up global food costs, experts are optimistic that the impact will be mitigated by increased supply.

Rather than do their own research, money pours into the market and pushes up certain stocks beyond reasonable expectations.

The risk of being sued pushes up costs, obliging doctors to practise "defensive medicine" in the shape of needless tests and procedures.

And a lot of credit is subsidised, which pushes up costs for the rest.

Declining fertility pushes up the age of the citizenryand shrinks the percentage of people in the workforce, and so impedes growth.

As low-income countries catch up with richer ones, faster productivity growth in the tradable-goods sector pushes up wages.

In these and other cases, the possibility that market concentration pushes up prices is one importers ignore at their peril.

Falling productivity pushes up unit-wage costs, hurting profits and cashflow.

Every hour in front of the box pushes up the risk of dying from heart disease by 7 per cent, according to a study.

If stimulus pushes up economic activities, businesses that want to invest to meet new demand may not get loans.

In the poorest countries, a rise of 50% in the price of staples pushes up the family food budget from 50% to 60% of household income.

A rise in the exchange rate can lower their costs as it pushes up the price of their product.

And there's no arguing with the convenience of the sturdy handle, which pushes up to open the umbrella.

As gold is priced in dollars, a falling greenback pushes up its price.

New crust is created as melted rock pushes up from inside the planet.

He also pushes up tax rates at the top.

In the experiment, air pushes up on the cardboard.

It also pushes up on us from below.

Global warming pushes up building insurance costs

Biofuels demand pushes up food prices