Example sentences of "cost of [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in craft trades the cost of substituting for a wife could be high : one hatter in 1824 reckoned that if his wife had not picked the coarse hairs out of his material he would have lost from 6s to 9s 4d ( 30p to 47p ) from wages of £2 to £3 . |
| 2 | Indeed , it had been rising much faster than the cost of living for a number of years . |
| 3 | The scheme could help to curb traffic on Hong Kong 's crowded roads as well as distributing the cost of paying for the roads more fairly . |
| 4 | Farmers have the extra cost of paying for the upkeep of many drainage ditches to control flooding . |
| 5 | In Rialas v Mitchell ( 1984 ) 128 SJ 704 ; Kemp & Kemp , 2 , A2-100 , the Court of Appeal upheld an award for the continuing cost of caring for an infant plaintiff at home , although care in an institutional home would have cost less . |