Sentence examples for increase in licence from inspiring English sources

"There must be a balance between licence fees and the critical 4G network investment consumers and businesses are demanding to drive growth and jobs for the UK economy," said EE. "The proposed increase in licence fees is excessive at a time when we are investing heavily in the rollout of 4G".

His reasoning was supported by a NSW police spokesperson who told VICE that the increase in licences could be "attributed in part to the increase of club membership for the sport of target shooting and recreational hunting".

The government granted a lower-than-expected increase in the licence fee in 2007.

In between, in 1996, John Birt argued successfully as director general for a generous increase in the licence fee to counter subscription TV.

It is totally set against advertising or sponsorship, and felt that a simple increase in the licence fee for all viewers would be less acceptable.

His reward was a big increase in the licence fee, which finances the BBC, and which all Britons must pay for the privilege of watching television.

That is why a committee he chaired two years ago backed an increase in the licence fee to finance the BBC's expansion of its digital channels.

Included in the spending figures is a small increase in expected licence fee receipts of about £100m a year, following a sharp downward revision made by the OBR in March.

Officially, the BBC's opening gambit in negotiations with the government over a new funding deal will be to ask for an increase in the licence fee, currently frozen at £145.50 a year.

Bloody gentlemen of the BBC think they are above criticism... Airey Neave and Margaret Thatcher have come to see me and we're absolutely agreed that there should be no increase in your licence unless you put things right".

And when its charter comes up for renewal in 2006, few doubted that it would gain another juicy increase in the licence fee, the annual tax paid by every television-owning household in Britain, which currently stands at £116 ($186).Since the row over Iraq's arsenal, those questions look more interesting and open.