Among them is a stiff increase for taxes on gas and heating oil -- one of the main expenses for people like Mr. Mainka who own climate-controlled greenhouses.
And to reduce the impact on the deficit, it also includes a stiff increase in the fee paid by oil companies into a liability fund, increasing the current eight cent-per barrel charge to 49 cents.
Club members, most speaking only on the condition that they not be identified, say that the Met has demanded a stiff increase in fees for their clubhouse, which really annoys them, as their club is 108 years old and they feel they have been there financially for the tough times.
The U.S. Senate not only rejected a stiff increase in fuel efficiency standards but barred future increases on pickup trucks, a big victory for Detroit's Big Three automakers.
The pandemic greatly accelerated the already-unraveling system of serfdom; labor became critically short, emboldening peasants to shuck off their manorial servitude and demand a stiff increase in their compensation.
In such cases, the spreading width of the excitation cannot be reproduced and the polarizability as a function of the excitation energy displays a stiff increase around the predicted centroid energy of the giant resonance.
In a flurry of television commercials and presentations by opponents in the final days before Monday's vote, opponents said paying to defend such a local law would require a significant cut in Fremont city services or a stiff tax increase — or some combination of the two.
Experimental results show that virgin and woven yarns exhibit similar rate sensitivity – an increase in strain rate makes both stiffer, increases their tensile strength, and decreases the failure strain.
They expressed a hope that the full House would approve much stiffer increases when the measure comes to the floor, possibly before the summer recess.
A stiffer aorta can increase blood pressure in the brain, creating the tiny bleeds linked to worsening cognitive function.
