Sentences with phrase «largely absorbed the cost»

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For one thing, increases in commodity prices take time to trickle down to the consumer, and hikes depend largely on the willingness of retailers to absorb added costs.

The religious leaders (the Pharisees) have largely ceased to give an effective lead, and have become more and more absorbed in pious practices at the cost of the «weightier matters of the Law.»

This change would largely affect only the Empire State and it should also be given additional program flexibility to reform its program and absorb local costs over a five - year period.

So far the collapse in Sterling has not led to a significant rise in inflation as retailers have largely absorbed the increased cost of imported goods and materials.

However, Christopher Battiscombe, director general of the Society of London Art Dealers, told ARTnewsletter that his member - dealers coped with the law by absorbing the increased costs — largely, paying the royalty fees themselves — rather than passing them on to buyers in order to minimize its impact.