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The total cost of the holiday came to £500.

The cost of a loaf of bread has increased fivefold.

In 1989 the price of coffee fell so low that in many countries it did not even cover the cost of production.

What if I have middling costs or high costs?

You'll be allowed the use of audiovisual equipment at no cost.

Another potential cost of this activity is greater exposure to predators since play is attention-getting behavior.

If we could power such an elevator with solar energy, we could simply rise up into space for a fraction of the cost of a trip by rocket or shuttle.

The Venetian Council finally allowed round ships to enter the trade that was previously reserved for merchant galleys, thus reducing transport cost by one third.

Livestock could be driven across the mountains, but the cost of transporting bulky grains in this fashion was several times greater than their value in eastern markets.

After the canal went into operation, the cost per mile of transporting a ton of freight from Buffalo to New York City declined from nearly 20 cents to less than 1 cent.

Each company has to find a balance between the cost and benefits.

One was cost and rarity.

So, you do research, trying to determine which media will reach the most potential customers for the lowest cost.

After several years of cultivation and harvest, the site would be restored at a cost much lower than the price of excavation and reburial, the standard practice for remediation of contaminated soils.

Unfortunately, the cost of water obtained through any of these schemes would increase pumping costs at least tenfold, making the cost of irrigated agricultural products from the region uncompetitive on the national and international markets.

The bathroom was right next to the kitchen, which was a way of keeping building costs down since the two rooms could rely on just one plumbing system.

Play is not without considerable costs to the individual animal.

The benefits of play must outweigh costs, or play would not have evolved, according to Darwin's theory.

As the costs of shipbuilding rose, Venice clung to its outdated standard while the Dutch were innovation in the lighter and more easily handled ships.

The meal costs 15 euros.

What will it cost to have it repaired?

It's going to cost me over $100,000 to buy new trucks.

Composition of this kind cost him effort.

So it doesn't really cost any extra.

But no politician or voter wants to spend what it would cost to do that.

It must cost a fortune.

Even in England, where technology lagged far behind, a sheet of paper, or eight octavo pages, cost only a penny by the fifteenth century.

So it is gonna cost your company some money that you are going have to account for in your budget.

That sounds like it would cost a lot.

Steamboats were not only faster but also transported upriver freight for about one tenth of what it had previously cost on hand-propelled keelboats.

Edison was more interested in the sale of Kinetoscopes (for roughly $1,000 apiece) to these parlors than in the films that would be run in them (which cost approximately $10 to $15 each).

Like if you go to the store and give the cashier 5 dollars for something that costs 4 dollars 98 cents, you'll get 2 cents back, but 2 cents does not buy much.

But given the rising value of both these metals, each penny now costs about 1.7 cents to produce.

The battle was won, but the cost in human life had been enormous.

Are you so afraid of it that you have to avoid it whatever the cost to your lifestyle?

In March Mr Salinas shut down the city's oil refinery at a cost of 500 million and 5,000 jobs.

Dumping means selling below cost to drive competition out of business.

a store that provided cigarettes and candy bars at cost

Drake passed the months in costing an expedition that never sailed.

Everything that goes into making a programme, staff, rent, lighting, is now costed.

The increase will hurt small business and cost many thousands of jobs.

It cost him his job.

an operation that cost him his sight.