Sentence examples for led to a hefty from inspiring English sources

The review led to a hefty increase in pay, a symptom also of a generally lax approach to public finances.

"Thanks to Pacman, the entire Philippines is happy again," Felix Soza, a 41-year-old taxi driver, said after listening to the fight on radio because missing work would have led to a hefty fine from his cab company.

"Who defines attitude?" one caller asked, wondering if a chance comment that a screener doesn't like could lead to a hefty fine.

Owners of Apple's new iPhone 5 may notice that the phone is guzzling more bytes over the cellular network than it should, which could lead to a hefty bill.

Non-compliance can lead to a hefty fine.

Failure to declare them can lead to a hefty fine.

But the hefty price tag led to a problem for non-Time Warner Cable customers: The company has required that other providers, such as DirecTV, pay a premium – more than $4 per subscriber – for the network.

The strong yen, a territorial dispute that led to an unofficial Chinese boycott of Japanese goods and hefty restructuring costs are partly to blame.

This bitterness was one of the factors that led to the hefty third-party vote for Ralph Nader in 2000, which proved disastrous for Al Gore, the inhibited environmentalist.

The expected boom in domestic tourism already has led to some hefty price increases, though prices are still cheap by American standards.

In Belgium it led to hefty duties on genever, a gin-like drink consumed by the Dutch, hitting its popularity.