Example sentences of "[noun pl] cost " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eighteen months ago , most applications software for personal computers cost over $100 a throw . |
| 2 | ‘ Pianos cost a lot of money . |
| 3 | Last year Mr Baber 's plums cost just twenty five pence per pound . |
| 4 | How many pears can I buy for £1.08 if 70 almonds cost the same as 50 chestnuts , 48 chestnuts cost the same as one pomegranate , 18 pomegranates cost the same as 28 lemons , 10 lemons cost the same as 25 pears , and 108 almonds cost 9p ? |
| 5 | Most hobbies cost some money , some a great deal , why not occupy time with machine knitting ? |
| 6 | Mr Marchant said nationally arts cost very little but was one of the first things to be cut . |
| 7 | A pair of Mr Spock 's ears cost £880 at Christie 's in December last year , and a phaser from the Sixties was valued at £6,000 . |
| 8 | Even then , Jobs predicts , illegal copies will circulate , but computer companies will be able to cost piracy in much the same way as shops cost shoplifting — as part of their business plans . |
| 9 | Finally , the widespread use of personal computers has meant smaller businesses are now more able to manage their own ledgers cost effectively , so that fewer require a full factoring service . |
| 10 | The level of staff deployed on a project influences cost effectiveness . |
| 11 | The Uniface database interface drivers cost $750 to $40,000 : the Uniface device interface for Ingres 6.4 will ship in the third quarter , no price given . |
| 12 | GUI drivers cost $350 to $32,000 depending on platform and configuration . |
| 13 | Kiosk gangs cost BT £20m |
| 14 | Amdahl Corp , Sunnyvale has launched a consulting service and data storage feature to facilitate the migration of customers to Escon Architecture : the company accompanies the new service with a new Serial Channel Feature for next quarter for use with its 6100 Storage Processor , which attaches to parallel channel adaptors on the 6100 and enable it to support serial Escon channel connections ; a 6100 with the feature will support up to 32 Escon serial channels or a mixture of serial and parallel channels ; native serial channels cost $62,560 for the first four and $32,280 for each additional pair ; the Serial Channel Feature start at $21,000 . |
| 15 | He guesstimates that the existence of different European currencies cost about 1.5 per cent of Europe 's total income each year , merely in terms of the losses incurred by traders and investors when they change currencies . |
| 16 | Cheques in major currencies cost £1.20 each and £12 in minor currencies . |
| 17 | The new cars cost an average of £12,000 each and involved borrowing £300,000 — a large sum at the time — which with loan charges over fifteen years , amounted to £500,000 . |
| 18 | All sauces cost £1.29 . |
| 19 | In one corner a modest selection of Penguin books cost 6d each , and nearby were cigarettes at the same price — a tanner for a packet of ten . |
| 20 | But if books cost more , Oxford Brookes University , for example , simply wo n't buy as many . |
| 21 | Standard sealed units cost about twice the price of an equivalent-sized pane of pane of plain glass , and there will probably be no difference in the frame price . |
| 22 | Single units cost just £415 + VAT reducing to £375 + VAT for quantities of 50 units or more . |
| 23 | With 16Mb RAM , the 16-inch and 19-inch diskless units cost £7,100 ( $9,000 ) and £8,000 ( $10,000 ) respectively . |
| 24 | The 14oz servings cost about £2.29 . |
| 25 | These , plus many more great trips cost around £13 each . |
| 26 | Individually the trips cost around £13–£14 each , but if you buy them all , we 'll give you a free discount booklet saving you £££ 's in many discos , bars and restaurants in resort . |
| 27 | Turtle doves ( or fancy pigeons ) were £35 a pair , French hens cost £5 for the frozen version , calling birds , alias budgies , were £8.50 and cows £700 each . |
| 28 | He claimed that residential homes cost about £170 a week per person . |
| 29 | Moreover , it is misleading to cite the expenditure of Bloomfield Hills , one of the nation 's wealthiest enclaves , where homes cost from $100,000 into the millions . |
| 30 | The carrier , whose losses cost Spanish taxpayers about Ptas33 billion ( $122m ) in 1992 , has already taken over three privatised South American airlines and bought a large stake in a fourth . |