Example sentences of "[modal v] cost [adv] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am all in favour of paying this amount to the author , but I fail to see why a simple clerical task such as cashing my cheque , putting the goods in a parcel and posting it should cost nearly 200% more . |
| 2 | CV470 cartridge — £3.90 ( the forthcoming CV470 cartridge should cost about £2.15 ) . |
| 3 | It 'll cost about £6,000 a time to import it to Britain . |
| 4 | Similarly dismal conclusions come from a study for the British government by ERL , an environmental consultancy , which calculated that meeting the government 's official goal of recycling half the reusable waste in household bins could cost roughly £50 ( $10 ) a household — or twice as much as ordinary rubbish collection . |
| 5 | Replacement could cost about £5 million . |
| 6 | If you decide to go for a full conversion , it could cost about £8,000 to £10,000 of which 50 to 75 per cent could be added to the value of the house . |
| 7 | Anita Culley , who for the last six years has co-owned Walworth Castle with her husband , said the new plans could cost around £750,000 . |
| 8 | Shannon figures it could cost around $10,000 to $12,000 and will debut in June . |
| 9 | For example , a larger combination microwave which may cost over £3500 is ideal for turning over consistently large batches . |
| 10 | This is a lucrative business , since the price of sponsoring a series such as Nescafe 's Network Pop Chart can approach £500,000 , while a one-hour programme reaching 70 per cent of independent local radio may cost around £20,000 , with three namechecks during the broadcast , and up to 10 in trailers . |
| 11 | Three courses may cost almost £100 , but when the cooking is done by masters like Nico Ladenis or Pierre Koffmann this is real value for money and barely half the evening price . |
| 12 | All four applications contained , Word 5.1 , Excel 4.0 spreadsheet , PowerPoint 3.0 presentation graphics and Mail 3.1 would cost over £1,000 if purchased separately at their recommended prices . |
| 13 | He points out that petrol is now very cheap : if , in real terms , it were to be the equivalent price of a decade ago it would cost over £4 a gallon . |
| 14 | Pensioners and the disabled had also benefitted from the Tories , he continued , claiming Labour 's proposals would cost over £10bn . |
| 15 | To become a JANET site in our own right would cost approximately £10,000 initial registration fee , but this would give us complete control over the security and budget of the communication system , for the free exchange of non-commercial information between research institutions , which is not currently possible . |
| 16 | At the next meeting a week later , Hunt said that the building , which he supposed would be ‘ an elaborate Italianate building ’ , would cost approximately £1,000,000 . |
| 17 | UNEP and others have estimated that it would cost approximately $4,500 million a year over the next 20 years to slow and stop desertification , and to begin to reclaim the land that we have already lost . |
| 18 | For a basic-rate taxpayer , that would cost just £700 a year . |
| 19 | To take the grid company back into public ownership would cost about £2 billion . |
| 20 | To observe modern methods , come aboard this red monster , which , if new , would cost about £25,000 . |
| 21 | Upgrading by one star would cost about £1000 . |
| 22 | Left : to tile a fireplace in a similar fashion would cost about £170 . |
| 23 | A typical configuration supporting four technical people and 20 engineers would cost about $45,000 . |
| 24 | But if a new kitchen were needed in an older property , it would cost about £10,000 . |
| 25 | A very basic instrument consisting of five ranks of pipes on one manual and pedals would cost about £15,000 . |
| 26 | A small , middle-of-the-range electronic organ would cost about £7,000 and churches would be unwise to consider anything less than this . |
| 27 | A similar design would cost about £8,188 ( self-assembly ) |
| 28 | That would cost about $3 billion more . |
| 29 | At $30,000 a year , that would cost about $15 million annually . |
| 30 | He said council officers had told them that the repair bill per flat would cost in the region of £5,000 , whereas it would cost about £40,000 to build new homes . |