Sentence examples for costs tied from inspiring English sources

ChevronTexaco recorded $160 million in merger expenses and costs tied to its stake in Dynegy.

But the increases were offset by a 0.5 percent drop in energy costs, tied to a drop in gasoline prices.

Blackstone reported $165.6 million in profit for its second quarter, excluding costs tied to its initial public offering last June.

That amount covered wages, mileage, equipment and other costs tied to the nearly 200 officers working on it.

H&R Block told investors to ignore speculation that it faced a surge in costs tied to its defunct mortgage business.

The company said fourth-quarter net income would be less than some analysts estimated as it disclosed costs tied to job cuts in its servicing network.

With the music buying experience evolving by the moment, old-fashioned record stores with leases, staff and high inventory costs (tying up millions in capital), needed a drastic overhaul.

Others are selling metered broadband, with the cost tied to usage.Cable firms and other internet providers may soon be free to try even more radical experiments with pricing.

What's expected to happen next, speaking broadly, is that using the Internet for e-mail will be free, while many hotels will charge for uses requiring a lot of bandwidth, like  downloading or streaming videos, with the cost tied to the amount of bandwidth required.

High-quality foam can get very expensive, very quickly — its cost is tied to the cost of petroleum, out of which its made — but don't skimp out, or else the couch will be great looking, but also saggy and uncomfortable couch.

They are either already set at relatively high levels, like most credit card borrowing costs, or tied to short-term interest rates, which the Fed has indicated will not rise before 2015.