Example sentences of "[pron] cost [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 36-year-old player-manager will play himself at the expense of either Steve McMahon or Rick Holden , both of whom cost £900,000 . |
| 2 | Also at his star-studded birthday party , which cost £500,000 , were his two sisters , aged 10 and 11 — but they wo n't inherit a penny of their parents ' fortune . |
| 3 | This substantial return to profitability was achieved despite losses arising from flood damage in the Perth and Tayside region in the first quarter which amounted to $13m and the terrorist explosion in the City of London which cost $10m , net of reinsurance . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman should ask anybody in and around Nottingham whether they approve of the famous leaf stem statue , which costs £38,000 , the coloured blobs under one of the car parks , which cost £28,000 , or the provision of a day centre for the winos who are driving everybody mad , which cost £160,000 . |
| 5 | Available in two can sizes , 500ml and 750ml , which cost £7.99 and £ 9.49 respectively . , , . |
| 6 | It had a pipe organ installed in 1924 which cost £400 . |
| 7 | This lifeboat , which cost £100 , was presented to the Isle of Man District Association and stationed at Castletown . |
| 8 | Seats in the new Olympic Gallery , which cost £40 each for last month 's game against Italy , have now been reduced to £20 . |
| 9 | Seats in the new Olympic Gallery , which cost £40 each for last month 's game against Italy , have now been reduced to £20 . |
| 10 | A £1,000 computer , several orders of magnitude more powerful than machines which cost £3,000 even five years ago , has very little profit built in for the supplier . |
| 11 | Breakdown truck which cost £3,000 for the basic truck and £600 to have the crane fitted . |
| 12 | Best value for money are the Ministry of Defence 's 22 out-of-town typing pools , which cost 77p a memo , with an output of 110 per typist per day . |
| 13 | It was as well , for the Seven Years War , which cost £82 million of which £60 million was borrowed , was about to begin a period of widely contested expensive wars . |
| 14 | Despite grossing $100m at the box office , the film , which cost $30m to make , has lost $10m . |
| 15 | Fred 's own car which cost £4,000 . |
| 16 | So if you 've been under pressure lately , try Seven Seas Vitamin B complex , which cost £2.99 for 60 capsules or Vitalert For Stress with B-vitamins , £2.89/30 . |
| 17 | ‘ Rachel 's cot cost £130 and we bought a horsehair mattress for it which cost £50 — expensive but it will last a long time . |
| 18 | Mortgage interest relief , for example , which cost £1.25 billion a year in lost revenue at the time Mrs Thatcher was elected in 1979 , is currently running at a total of £6.5 billion annually . |
| 19 | At the end of the year he has raw materials in stock which cost £2,000 . |
| 20 | The validation tests , which cost $2m to develop , have already been shaken out . |
| 21 | Losses in the fourth quarter were nearly two thirds higher in sterling terms at $49.4m ( 1991 : $30.6m loss ) following the impact of the New York snow storms in December which cost $8m and additional claims costs in connection with Hurricane ‘ Andrew ’ which amounted to just over $11m in the quarter , including assumed reinsurance and the cost of the reinstatement premium . |
| 22 | ‘ An Oliver Tiger , which cost £6 10 shillings new , is changing hands for about £160 these days , ’ he added . |
| 23 | The film , which cost £27 million to make , also stars Oscar-winning British actress Brenda Fricker . |
| 24 | The video , which cost £1 million to produce , has already sold three million copies in America in its first three weeks on release . |
| 25 | B has also taken a washing machine which cost £200 and which had a selling price of £280 from the business for personal use . |
| 26 | The two men are trying to raise as much money as possible towards buying a baby alarm for the Royal surrey , the machines , which cost £435 each , are lent to parents who have lost a child through cot death syndrome , on the birth of their new baby . |
| 27 | We passed one mansion with its own swimming pool and wide lawns , which cost £30,000 to build in 1965 . |
| 28 | A MAP which cost 27p is set to be sold at auction for up to Pounds 18,000 . |
| 29 | One further purchase was a source of great pride to Bernard ; a thirty-two ton Scania articulated lorry which cost £6,000 . |
| 30 | The benefactors ' preview , which cost $500 a ticket , was packed with the rich and famous , despite the approach of Hurricane Hugo , which raised temperatures into the 90s . |