Sentence examples for round of rises from inspiring English sources

They are blaming rising fuel and insurance costs, plus cuts in government funding, for the latest round of rises, all of which will add further pressure to household budgets already squeezed by rising energy bills and higher food costs.

This is the second round of rising the dough needs to go through to reach the appropriate size.

For the bread to adequately rise in the oven, it needs to go through two rounds of rising beforehand.

Downing Street yesterday said energy companies should account for the latest round of price rises, which have averaged 9% this autumn.

That would be impossible, even if the Greeks were not going through a round of tax rises and spending cuts.

In the radio ad, which began running today, Republicans criticized the governor for increasing business taxes last year and seeking another round of tax rises without eliminating questionable spending.

EDF and E.ON took the levy changes into account in the recent round of price rises, increasing tariffs on average by 3.9 per cent and 3.7 per cent respectively - far less than the increases announced by rivals.

This autumn has seen another round of price rises from the "big six" energy companies, and many of us are paying £300 more than we did this time last year.

The next highest number – 75 – was at the French state-controlled firm EDF Energy The figures, which cover a period before the recent round of price rises, show complaints to the Midlands-based npower have surged over the past year.

But Jon Terry, head of remuneration at PricewaterhouseCoopers, said: "There could be a second round of pay rises, although they will need to be permanent ones [not to contravene the bonus tax rules]." Darling has imposed a one-off tax on bonuses that the Treasury estimates will raise £550m as banks bounce back from the financial crisis.

Industry sources have told the BBC the government wants to avoid another round of price rises that could be blamed on government green levies.