bill for

He claimed that the bill for wining and dining the guests for a week would be "astronomical" .

The manager of a small building company was very surprised to get a bill for two white mice which one of his workmen had bought.

How much was the bill for the electricity?

There has apparently been a slip-up in the billing department We are therefore returning your last bill for correction.

Senator Cochran said he would work to "craft language and funding that will be approved by the Senate" in the next recovery bill for all U.

It did not say how it would bill for the calls or whether consumers would be able to use Gmail for making calls from their cellphones.

If you did not receive a fee bill for any applicant who should be listed on this case, do not send a payment for the applicant.

Rejection at the White House. Congressional Democrats don't get their way on a stripped-down spending bill for the war in Iraq.

That might tack on about $2, 000 to the cost of changing to natural gas, bringing the total bill for a switch up to about $8, 000.

An increasing number of organisations are prepared to foot the bill for career counselling and job searches for spouses and partners.

Just a moment, please. I'll draw up your bill for you. Your bill totals yuan.

Suddenly, a cause that couldn't find its way into a bill for two or more years was set to become State Senate Bill 1395.

The New York state assembly approved the marriage equality bill, for the fourth time, last week and it is now up to the New York Senate.

Photos of blues greats hung around the club, and a band from New York was on the bill for the evening.

As a consequence of his warranty expiring, Elliot had to pay a high bill for repairs to his car.

Just a moment, please, madam. I'll draw up your bill for you.

Just a moment , please . I'll draw up your bill for you. you.

Exemptions were included in the bill for religious organizations, though this did not satisfy Catholic leaders.

I may have to punish Bill for bullying, but I'll try to appeal to his better nature first.

Even the best p. r. may not pay the bill for 10 years of research into a new drug.

An administration official said the Obamas would foot the bill for the celebrations.

The Young Entrepreneurs' Association declared that it would be "fatal" for Germany to foot the bill for Greece's "budget chaos" .

There must be something wrong with my electricity meter because last month I wasn't home at all and still got a bill for $230.

But a state-sponsored, pick-and-mix Confucianism evidently does not fit the bill for everyone.

Every month I got a bill for electricity, heat, and water, so I quickly learned to use only what I needed.

The first camp worries that the lofty bill for a barrel of oil is damaging the world economy and a further price spike could destroy demand.

Democratic leaders in Congress say they hope to pass a bill for the president to sign by the end of the year.

If he loses the case, Michael will have to pick up the bill for legal costs.

You can bank on him to hand you a reasonable bill for your services.

In coming days, the U. S. Senate is expected to pass a spending bill for the remainder of the current fiscal year.

She was meticulous about paying her bills , insisting I make out a bill for what she owed .

At checkout time a hotel guest will ask the front desk to prepare the final bill for payment.

Please bring me some package paper if you went shopping in case i can wrapped up the gift that given to Bill for his birthday.

The football club should pick up the bill for the damage, since their fans are responsible for it.

WhenI arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work.

Much of the money doled out by the government would inevitably be wasted, adding to the overall bill for fighting climate change.

Mr. Gullett told me, "I never saw a hospital bill" for her care.

Only the users pay bill for the roads construction, it would be fair for the non-users.

With some planning and fore knowledge, you can keep your tax bill for your stock investing to a minimum.

Shirley: No. I'm going to pay the bill for the company's lunch.

Refrigerator's use approximately 18% of your energy cost for your monthly bill for your home.

After that he will gather legislators together over the summer to work on the details of a bill for introduction in the autumn.

When I got home that evening , John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job .

Taxpayers end up footing the bill for dud loans and the economy underperforms as the flow of finance is misdirected.

In India we are still fighting among ourselves regarding the bill for corruption & unless corruption stops growth & progress cannot be made.

Chancellor Gordon Brown plays down the implications of the unexpected VAT bill for the London Olympics.

No prize for discovering who foots the bill for all this corporate largesse.

But the immediate bill for a break-up of the single currency would surely be in the trillions of euros.

EB is in principle unwilling to, and also will not, pay the bill for "man-made low-efficiency (hydropower) projects" .

Life gets harder for the bad guys, and the honest citizens, who ultimately pick up the bill for fraud, are protected.

That difference alone, says Mr. Schmidt, is more than enough to foot the bill for Android's continued development.

All-Fill's offerings of machines, parts and services can fill the bill for a variety of product applications.

Rick: I'm calling from JCT Electric Company. Ms. Allen, you haven't paid your electric bill for the last two months.

Wednesday night, the United States Senate passed a rescue bill for the financial industry.

Forget it! It was a bill for me to swallow.

Excuse me, sir. We forgot to make out the bill for you yesterday, would you please pay it now?

Excuse me, we forgot to make out the bill for you yesterday, would you please pay it now?

LOSING a law suit is painful. Being landed with an inflated bill for the other side's costs makes it worse.

The company paid millions of bill for the pollution.

The long Gungan face has a tough yet flexible bill for burrowing and rooting out food.

"I just got a bill for the last four months but had no lights for three, " says a doctor 20 miles (32km) outside the capital, Abuja.

Making foreign creditors pick up the bill for the banks' excesses in this way has spared Iceland's taxpayers and depositors.

As the IMF has pointed out, these potentially dwarf the budgetary bill for the current economic crisis.

Then we'll make out a bill for both of you.

The heftier bill for fuel and power will add to these pipeline pressures, Zhao Qingming, chief economist at China Construction Bank, said.

The catch is that there is no such thing as a pan-European purse to foot the bill for a bank failure.

We once had a computer print a monthly bill for a city councilman.

The bill for running Davos and the forum's other events around the world was also high.

Certainly, Mr. Li. Please come to the Cashier Counter in the lobby. I'll prepare the Bill for you.

The administration recently opposed a carbon fee on fuels in a draft Senate climate bill for similar reasons.

Speaker Pelosi said House leaders will bring the bill for a vote at the earliest date.

Aunt Wang of the sub district office hastens to pay the electricity bill for this month.

They offered to pick up the bill for all the expenses of the trip.

In the 10 years before the 2007-08 food crisis, the global bill for food imports averaged less than $500bn a year.

It announced generous compensation packages for employees that Microsoft would foot the bill for if layoffs followed a takeover.

Some say the weakening support of late is due to public discontent at having to foot the bill for the wedding.

In March, Karzai signed a marriage law bill for Afghanistan's Shiite minority that critics said essentially legalized marital rape.

The result has been rising demand, falling oil output and a mounting bill for fuel imports and subsidies.

Just a moment, please. I'll draw up your bill for you . . . Your bill totals $500. How would you like to make the payment?

The salesman padded the bill for his traveling expenses by exaggerating his food expenses.

The total medical costs of obesity surpass $200 billion a year in America, which is higher than the bill for smoking.

Taxpayers could foot bill for inflated valuations of assets in government's protection scheme amid talk of potential 'fraud'

If their plan is approved, water agencies in the Central Valley and southern California have pledged to foot the bill for construction.

Homeowners in the US and some other rich nations will begin to pick up the bill for the global credit crunch.

Thank you, Thank you Bill , for the leadership inspiration that you've given us.

May I collect the bill for the long distance call ?

The group were happily drinking wine and champagne until a waiter appeared with a bill for $4000.

He believes important clinical data are likely missing, since physicians essentially don't bill for symptoms.

Terry: I'm calling from NG Telecom to remind you that you haven't paid your phone bill for last month.

The pair will pay an entire $5200 per person bill for themselves and a handful of guests.

Wait a moment please ; I will print the bill for you immediately. Could you repeat it?

Today's duty is to get invoice from landlord for U and to pay telephone bill for my boss.

But this big ticket item looks set to add further to the growing economic bill for environmental restoration.

A meter measures the amount you use, and you get a bill for it monthly.

Most US businesses oppose the bill for its potential to escalate to China putting retaliatory tariffs on US imports.

That problem arises, in part, from uncertainty about who will pay the bill for America's subprime-mortgage collapse.

Republicans took the opportunity of televised hearings to bash the bill for raising taxes on the middle class.

The same report suggested that Schabir Shaik and his companies had also footed the bill for Zuma's household and travel expenses.

This means the person intends to pay the bill for both of you.

Parliament still needs to approve the bill for it to become law.

On 14 November I submitted a bill for services rendered to your office at the Lille International Exposition.

Of course, the job requires delicate interactions with grieving family members who are often footing the bill for the cleanup.

Margo: Eve, by any chance, did you place a call from me to Bill for midnight California time?

It is the custom for the new wife's father to pick up the bill for the wedding.

And I'll prove it! Click? Please get Pecos Bill for me.

I go out with Jack quite often, but he will never foot the bill for anything we spend.

and "fee, " like "fine, " sounds somehow punitive or compensatory, a punishment for wrongdoing or a bill for services rendered.

Say, let me foot the bill for this.

But the ISPs are adamant they will not pick up the bill for securing the future of the music industry.

He reckons the bill for tackling the issues he raises will come to a total of 2. 4% of rich-world economic output (about one year's growth).

Then I started to the counter to pay my grocery bill, For I thought I had everything to do the Master's will.

This worries businesses, few of which are eager to pick up the bill for waste disposal.

And finally because of this law, the American people will never again be asked to foot the bill for Wall Street's mistakes.

Our gas bill for the last quarter was unusually high.

More serious will be the bill for repairs and the additional fossil fuels needed to make up its nuclear shortfall.

One bill, for instance, would allow people to carry concealed weapons on college campuses.

For the longer term we need to strengthen Europe's banks so that they, and not taxpayers, pick up the bill for future crises.

We will have to wait and see if Dublin can calm markets when it announces the "final" bill for Anglo on Thursday.

Please make out a bill for these books.

Through his generosity, Mr. A has footed the phone bill for his roommate.

Who's going to foot the bill for the failure of the new aircraft?

Yet the bill for continuing state failure will land in Europe, not Beijing.

Pre-curved bill for your convenience.

In the crisis unemployment and hardship have deepened, increasing the bill for welfare.

At the very least, firms end up footing the bill for two chief-executive-sized pay packets.

No wonder the Treasury is drawing up a bill for services rendered.

The plea of its supporters in Arizona is: read the bill for yourself.

I became an identity-theft statistic nine years ago, when I opened my mail to find a bill for a maxed-out credit card I never knew I had.

I get a bill for my loan of my flat every month.

And I have to foot the bill for nuclear waste and buried gasoline tanks and landfilled toxic sludge dumped a generation before I was born.

On average, FiOS customers pay a monthly bill of $135, about twice the bill for the average Verizon customer.

A higher bill for food and fuel subsidies, and higher spending on rural welfare programs, have put the government' finances under strain.

Eg. I wonder who's going to foot the bill for all the celebration costs.

Thank you for returning our last bill for correction.

She ran up a large bill for all her new clothes.

For one of the two, that meant an inches-thick itemized bill for $26, 000.

Frances then wrote Min and Bill for Marie and the role won her the Best Actress Oscar.

The two houses held slipshod hearings and debates on the bill for several weeks.

If the Democrats lose seats in November's mid-term elections they may not have the political clout to pass the bill for several years.

He expects to trim $1. 5 billion from his bill for raw materials.

Although I don't pay any bill for that.

Canadians foot the bill for security and other issues when members of the royal family visit Canada.

My entire energy bill for those 100 slaves is no more than $150 a month.

The bill for this infrastructure binge has topped $60 billion, and some economists wonder whether Malaysia can afford it.

Please sign the bill for us when you finished your breakfast. I put the bill here first.

In contrast, a bailout forces unwitting taxpayers to foot the bill for Greece's sins.

On Thursday, President Obama signed into law a civilian aid bill for Pakistan.

One consequence is that older EU countries will find themselves footing the bill for clearing it up.

While a four-year undergraduate degree at Berea costs nearly $100, 000, these students will never see a bill for tuition.

Last summer, Dave Lindahl footed the bill for 18 relatives at a fancy mansion in the Adirondacks.

Who Pays the Bill for a Business Lunch or Dinner?

But he ended up getting stuck with the 200-yuan bill for a tank of gas.

Now they're faced with the need to measure, track and bill for information as digital packets of data.

Enclosed in the same envelope was a bill for $500 in legal services.

They will force upon our children and grandchildren the bill for our overconsumption.

The FDIC has said it expects the total bill for bank failures to reach $100 billion for the period of 2009 through 2013.

May I make out the bill for you now?

Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?

But, in my opinion, if the taxpayers of Canada keep footing the bill for new housing, the people lose the incentive to maintain their homes.

a bill for five dollars; walked for miles; stood in line for several minutes.

His parents footed the bill for his course fees.

The bill for bolstering Finland's banks in the early 1990s came to 8% of GDP; Sweden's bail-out was scarcely less dear.

It's impossible to say what the final bill for rescuing Wall Street will be.

The builders presented a bill for several hundred pounds.

That might not pay the weekly phone bill for a lot of reporters.

The eventual bill for repaving those roads will add much more to deficits than if we had maintained them properly in the first place.

May I prepare the bill for you now, sir?

The Friends of Nature proposes: everybody pays the bill for global warning.

Eg. Who's going to foot the bill for all the repairs?

The taxpayer will still be stuck holding the bill for the FHA.

In Chinese society, the man generally foots the bill for dating expenses.

But it has a large and rapidly growing bill for oil imports and also raw materials such as copper, nickel and bauxite.

Mehlman said it is average Americans who pay the bill for illegal immigrants.

Germany complains it is footing the bill for its feckless neighbours.

Furthermore, Democratic leaders know that they have to pass a health care bill for the sake of their own survival.

I'll draw up your bill for you , sir .

BP also sent a bill for $111 million to Moex, a subsidiary of Japanese company Mitsui, which owned a 10 percent stake in the well.

A bill for comprehensive health reform was first introduced by John Dingell Sr. in 1943.

We each paid our share of the bill for the meal.

The store sent me a bill for $50.

Shall I draw up your bill for you?

One moment. I'll get bill for you.

Who's going to foot the bill for the damage?

Shall I write the bill for you?

She handed me a bill for $100.

Would he please pay the bill for the dating agency?

The dentist presented His bill for filling my teeth.

And here you are. (gives cashier 200 yuan) Oh-could you please print up a new bill for us?

The shop sent me a bill for $50.

Our parents footed the bill for the wedding.

ll draw up your bill for you .

A: Here is the water and electric bill for this month.

If you can pay attention to your credit standing, please set your hand to the bill for counterclaim!

The doctor sent over the bill for medical treatment which was urgently required.

Don't forget that a 40bp rise in the cost of debt is as costly as the whole tax cut bill for 2005.

Ps: I forget take money, please foot the bill for me.

The bill for our past profligacy has finally come due.

Chrysler estimated that the bill for its bankruptcy could hit $1, 200 per taxpayer.

He exchanged a one hundred-yuan bill for ten ten-yuan bills.

Who paid the bill for you?

Taxpayers foot the bill for the old.

The manager paid the bill for the white mice.

'It's nice to know you will not see a bill for four years or 50, 000 miles except for gas and tires.

eg. His real name is William, but we call him Bill for short.

The "emergency" bill for Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq war included $1. 8m to promote art in West Virginia.

How long the German electorate will continue to foot the bill for all of this is questionable.

Shall I pay my bill for the previous room?

An extra 10% was added to the restaurant bill for service.

The senate or the house of representatives to bill for consideration.

Minnesota 19, both houses of parliament held a special afternoon meeting on the 9 and 3 budget spending bill for discussion and vote.

He quickly ran up a bill for?

396 from April 2006, after a bill for painting and decorating was inadvertently charged twice.

Who's gonna foot the bill for all of this?

At first glance, the Wall Street Journal headline is alarming: "U. S. Shoppers Foot Bill for Soaring Pay in China. "

For the latter kinds of services, the service provider needs to audit the service as it is used and bill for it.

The $10, 000 food bill for your guests?

Bill will pay the bill for the meal.

Sam jumped on Bill for being late for work.

You will receive a bill for the full amount.

Let's table the bill for some time.

The Chinese are not surprisingly worried that they are being asked to foot the bill for US failures.

He ran up a bill for over.

Britain's BP, which is raising cash to pay the bill for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. wants to sell two huge ones in America.

Would you like me to check out the bill for you?

I haven' t seen Bill for three years.

He quickly runs up a bill for 250 .

Who is going to foot the bill for the failure of this experiment?

We regret to state that the bill for $560, 000 on Mr. sutoh, hsa been dishonoured by non.

take care of the bill for tomorrow night.

If users pay bill for the roads construction, the government can spare more time on other aspects, such as medical care and education.

the bill for the meal.

Reached by phone in Beijing, Mr. Zhang said: 'I have known Bill for a long time, more than 20 years.

I'm checking out. Will you make out the bill for me ?

Oh, my god. I was so careless. Thank you, Bill, for pointing out my mistake.

A bill for two white mice?

Have you paid the electricity bill for the last month yet?

He handed the lady a $70 bill for labor.

There is ten yuan ~ the bill for freight.

Certainly he can present a bill for such services. After all, we're not communists.

Last month, the received a car repair bill for $420.

Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420.

In part, this is because of an increasing bill for unemployment benefit.

Yes, it's a ninety-day bill for $6, 750. 00. It matures about two months from now.

Employers assumed 74. 4 percent of the bill for private health insurance in 2005 and employees 25. 6 percent.

A bill for each or a bill for all?

Who is going to foot the bill for all the broken windows?

The local council will have to foot the bill for damage done to the roads in last year's floods.

To refer (a legislative bill, for example) to a committee.

Bill: For Friday nights and Saturdays. Yes. Are you interested?

This is the bill for the room rent of half a day.