Example sentences of "[adv] cost [art] " in BNC.

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1 The total size of the claims resulting from such an incident might well be enormous , even though the computer program itself may have only cost a few hundred pounds .
2 At the Lakeside International Hotel in Camberley , Surrey , this idea alone was credited with saving £3,500 a year — and the system only cost the hotel £3,900 .
3 The building of the now leaking sarcophagus alone cost an astonishing amount of money , on the best estimate available .
4 Pigs too were taken to sanctuaries to recover , as the RSPCA worked at the farms for days on end , work which eventually cost the RSPCA £15,000 .
5 The manner in which the contest was called , however , will have already cost the party dearly .
6 Whereupon a member , Mr. Hawksley , moved that the council should cease its policy of inducing ‘ the working classes ’ to submit to diphtheria immunisation ; it had , he said , already cost the ratepayers £1,000 since it had been introduced in Bedford in 1935 .
7 Despite the introduction of phosphorescent strips which show up under ultra-violet light , and a security shield on the new 10 pound stamp , counterfeits still cost the postal service millions of pounds a year .
8 It also cost the German central bank a guarantee of a fixed future rate of conversion of dollars into marks .
9 Yet , having said that , the efforts of the Celtic defence to play an offside trap against Hibs in midweek nearly cost the team dear .
10 Police said : ‘ This was a stupid prank and probably cost a young man his life .
11 Probably cost a fortune .
12 Probably cost a fortune all the plants at Ruxley , Ruxley is not a good place to go
13 ‘ Oh , Sarah , it probably cost the earth .
14 Courses at the LSHTM now cost a minimum of £6400 to £9000 .
15 If our oil revenues are used merely to pay the unemployed , who now cost an estimated £18,000 million each year , the burden to those in work will suddenly increase by this amount when the oil revenues cease .
16 ( This may be unfair , but how much did this charitable act really cost the narrator ?
17 A house that cost £5500 to build typically cost a council tenant £3.18 a week , a mortgage payer £6.37 a week and someone with a private landlord £10.09 a week .
18 E A Ps originated in America and typically cost a company fifteen to twenty pounds per head every year .
19 BOTCHED plans for a rail bridge which did not have enough room for trains to pass beneath cost the taxpayer nearly £1m , it was revealed yesterday .
20 Dell 's new machines offer you a better deal than the old ones — they are significantly improved , yet cost the same
21 It was an artistic relationship that ultimately cost the composer his life as he repeatedly delayed vital heart surgery to complete the role that he knew would also be Pears 's last .
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