Sentence examples for tea duty from inspiring English sources

Sunday Our house being fairly central, we were on cream tea duty.

We'll have to put them on tea duty for the rest of the week as punishment!

She said this is the last time you are doing tea duty, you have a degree and you are going to graduate school.

To assuage American opinion most of the custom duties were withdrawn, except for the tea duty, which in George's words was "one tax to keep up the right [to levy taxes]".

We were on cream tea duties, allowing for plenty of conversation with visitors while spooning clotted cream onto plates.

Sunday We were on cream tea duties, allowing for plenty of conversation with visitors while spooning clotted cream onto plates.

By 1784, the government realised high tariffs were creating more problems than they were worth and cut tea duties to just 12.5%, making tea affordable for most people.

In an age before income tax, tea duties accounted for 10% of government revenues, which was enough to pay for the Royal Navy, but as tariffs on it reached 119% it gave smugglers their chance.

However, imported tea loses duty-free status when it is merely an additive to another beverage or dietary supplement.

Eventually, the ranks swelled with the addition of Dr Anne Tarrant and Dr Fay Chantry (as the producers realised they had relegated most of their female characters to tea-making duties).

It abolished duties on 123 items, including tea, and cut duties on 133 others.