Sentence examples for tariff the first from inspiring English sources

The tariff, the first to offer smart-meter customers free electricity, will be fixed until March 2018 but analysts said there were cheaper deals on the market.

In 1861, Lincoln signed the second and third Morrill Tariff, the first having become law under James Buchanan.

Monday, the Commerce Ministry said it would initiate talks with Washington over the tire tariffs, the first step in launching a WTO proceeding.

That cannot be right… So set a maximum tariff for the first part of  energy bills".

And this week the University and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) has further championed the IB by including it in its tariff for the first time.

So more people will use tumble dryers, and the increased use of electricity incurred will possibly wipe out the benefit of the cheaper tariff in the first place.

And a tariff is the first credible mechanism I've heard of to overcome the commons problem that plagues attempts to fight global warming.But what is good in theory is often appalling in practice.

panel in December ruled that Washington had violated international trade rules by imposing a 9percenttariffff on the first 17,500 metric tons of lamb imported from Australia and the first 14,500 from New Zealand.

It says South Africa was wrong to impose the tariff in the first place.

In the United States, motor carriers of less-than-truckload shipments (say, 50 to 10,000 pounds) have point-to-point tariffs using the first three numbers in ZIP codes.

Great Britain began to abandon its protective tariffs in the first half of the 19th century after it had achieved industrial preeminence in Europe.