Example sentences of "cost as " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good varnish brush is expensive — a 2in brush can cost as much as £10 , but when used correctly and cleaned properly after use , it will last for many years and produce excellent results . |
| 2 | The scheme , which already covers more than a million motorists in the UK , can cost as little as £6.50 a year . |
| 3 | A task force sent out by the House of Representatives ' banking committee estimates that sorting out America 's savings and loan mess could cost as much as $162 billion more than the $50 billion authorised by Congress less than a year ago . |
| 4 | These served the classes that could afford to buy plots or construct a family vault , which might cost as much as the total annual salaries of the domestic staff of a Victorian household . |
| 5 | The 30 ft high plates at the base of the 52-storey National Westminster Tower could cost as much as £2,000 each . |
| 6 | Single cover , for the prime earner in the family , can cost as little as 15p a month for each £100 you borrow . |
| 7 | A ‘ close-look ’ satellite would cost as much again , The whole bill , says Bortzmeyer , amounts to just one per cent of the world 's current spending on its war machines . |
| 8 | Some in disbelief that a car so beautiful , so fast and so downright delicious could cost as little as £27,000 . |
| 9 | While the larger Jodel requires a C of A the older two-seaters on a PFA Permit can cost as little as £30 an hour . |
| 10 | A new nursery for 25 infants can cost as much as £100,000 . |
| 11 | But however you make your journey , do it this year — it will never cost as little ! |
| 12 | And they can cost as little as £5 a week to run . |
| 13 | Because I 'm sure they do n't cost as much to put on up there as do professional productions ? |
| 14 | It also excluded the cost of elections , for these were a financial problem for the candidate , not for the local association ; in a large county division an election could cost as much as £2,000 , and even an unopposed return in a borough would cost a few hundred pounds to the lucky winner . |
| 15 | Add a bubble-up filter filled with carbon if you can run to it ( it could cost as little as £5 plus charcoal and makes a useful back-up unit ) . |
| 16 | However , a good fish meal with wine will cost as much as in England , and eating out is a lot more expensive than Greece ( though a lot better ! ) . |
| 17 | Simple security measures — such as fitting good locks to doors and accessible windows — can cost as little as £150 . |
| 18 | Putting in a new bathroom suite can cost as little as £500 if you are simply replacing an old one . |
| 19 | But wind tunnels are notoriously expensive ; the highly detailed aircraft models used in the experiments alone can cost as much as $2.4 million and take 6 to 18 months to construct . |
| 20 | You can hardly believe that a few stretchsuits and some nappies can possibly cost as much as they say , but nine months and a lot of shopping trips later , you will have been forced to accept that your new addition has managed to tip the scales severely in the debit direction . |
| 21 | To promise £35 billion-worth of extras and then to renationalise these concerns — as has been said , it might cost as much as £10 billion — is not just absurd but highly irresponsible . |
| 22 | They grow and feed just as well as carp fed on a much higher protein diet , only it does not cost as much . |
| 23 | So the cycle will cost as much as the passenger ! |
| 24 | But if Eurocrats in Brussels get their way , a pint of scrumpy could cost as much as two pounds fifty . |
| 25 | Repairing the grade two listed building , which houses Shocks Hardware Stores at Leominster in Herefordshire , could cost as much as ( 100,000 ) a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 26 | With the possibility that keeping a family warm and fed might cost as much as a hundred and fifty pounds extra next year the advice from the experts is to insulate your home … if you can afford to that is . |
| 27 | A gin and tonic could cost as much as £1.95 in the North and one penny more in the capital . |
| 28 | However , a survey by the controller of Scottish local authorities suggests that the council tax will cost as much as 84 per cent of the poll tax , a saving of 16 per cent . |
| 29 | Analysis of a single sample , using say , one of the smaller machines , will cost as little as twenty-five pounds . |
| 30 | For example a studentship to undertake research leading to a higher degree can cost as little as five hundred pound per year for the three years . |