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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are toll" is not correct in English and does not convey a clear meaning.
It may be intended to refer to something being costly or burdensome, but as it stands, it lacks context and clarity.
Example: "The new regulations are toll on small businesses."
Alternatives: "are costly" or "are burdensome".
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Some of their patients are toll collectors on the bridge.
A None of them are Toll built — they're used homes.
Many of these new express highways, especially in the United States, are toll roads, but that is an incidental, not an essential, feature.
The German government wanted to help DaimlerChrysler and Deutsche Telekom, the national automobile and telecoms giants that are Toll Collect's main shareholders, to develop exportable technology.This ambitious approach determined much of the system's architecture.
Each 60 minutes of additional time is $6, and the calls to Interact's servers are toll free -- cheaper than a BlackBerry pager or a Palm VII and a lot less likely to be lost.
Some of the new highways are toll roads.
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The clocks are tolling.
Church bells are tolling; broadsheets are plastered on walls.
Molecules fundamental to eliciting an immune response in various immune cell types are toll-like receptors (TLRs) and correspondingly, their receptor agonists.
Tolls would make it tougher for local companies to compete with other areas in the country which are toll-free, councillors John Griffiths of St Edmundsbury and James Waters of Forest Heath said in a joint statement.
Along the A8 motorway, a toll is charged only for using the Učka Tunnel and the Kanfanar Rogovići section; the remaining sections of the motorway are toll-free as of June 2012.
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