Sentence examples for it tacks on from inspiring English sources

Now, it tacks on $5.50 to cover the tariff, company officials said.

As important as this approach is, it is limited because it tacks on community benefits after a private developer has already decided what the development project will be.

Instead it tacks on a clumsy third act that focuses on the details of the robbery and the back story involving Taylor's relationship with a double-dealing bank teller.

In particular, it tacks on roughly $100 million to the president's request for four NSF directorates biology, computing, engineering, and math and physical sciences.

The actor – forthright and articulate, on the sidelines until recently and only more plain speaking for it – tacks on a rare red-carpet cliché.

Baldwin held only an 8‐0 lead until the fourth period, when it tacked on two touchdowns on the running and passing of Tom Calder.

As a start, when the Air Force sent its $143.8 billion budget request for fiscal year 2009 to Congress, it tacked on a list of as yet unfunded budget requirements, including nearly $400 million for cyber-related equipment and activities.

In December it tacked on additional and ongoing purchases of Treasury securities as well.

WHAT When the college switched to two semesters in 1997 to align with other campuses, it tacked on May for natural science classes that needed outdoor time.

Then it tacked on three financial measures--three-year total shareholder return, three-year revenue growth, and three-year margin growth.

Last October, while approving the $700 billion bailout for Wall Street, it tacked on a provision requiring group insurance plans to provide the same level of benefits for mental health and substance abuse treatments as for physical ones, beginning in 2010.