Example sentences of "cost [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty years ago it cost only 3p to post a first-class letter , whereas today it costs 24p — an increase of 800 per cent . |
| 2 | Our ‘ Pucci ’ cost only £42.99 . |
| 3 | When I was there last year it cost only £12 : the rate had gone down due to the Gulf war and the fear of AIDS . |
| 4 | Landing fee for me at Southend is thirty-odd pounds ; Troyes cost just £2.50 . |
| 5 | But the massive invasion of France in 1544 proved to be more than twice as expensive as the government had estimated : it cost nearly £650,000 instead of the predicted £250,000 . |
| 6 | It cost nearly £80 to erect the furnace at Worth in 1547 — in the early days at least there was plenty of free money to be put into the new ventures . |
| 7 | ‘ About two years ago I worked out that it cost about £1,000 a week to keep a woman in prison . |
| 8 | The carrycot , with buggy combined , has been really good value ; it cost about £120 but I 've had so much use out of it already . |
| 9 | Mr Murray said it cost about £100,000 a year for each intensive care bed so it was important not to over-budget for beds which would not be fully used . |
| 10 | In 1978 it cost about $2.50 to have a ton of hazardous waste dropped in a safe hole in the ground ; in 1987 the cost ranged from $200 upwards . |
| 11 | It cost around £2,000 to make in 1982 and the man who built it for me said then that it would ‘ lift one ton , let alone Willie Whitelaw ’ . |
| 12 | It cost around $900. +1 510 226–1075 |
| 13 | It cost around £7 , the most expensive fast food he 'd ever had . |
| 14 | The Concorde cost over £1.2 billion in tranches that became necessary exactly in this manner . |
| 15 | The precise scale of his industrial undertakings is unknown , but by 1629 his blast-furnace at West Bromwich cost over £1,000 annually in ironstone , wood , and charcoal . |
| 16 | The same facility had been provided in 1912 , when Princess Louise opened Princess Parade , costing only 1d ! |
| 17 | The soft drinks which she also made were good sellers during the summer months , costing only 2½d and even then , 1d was allowed upon return of the bottle . |
| 18 | Hair and make-up artist Roxanne New transformed Fiona using cosmetics that cost only £50 . |
| 19 | Tickets cost only £4 . |
| 20 | These bijou reference books will just about slip into a cardboard Easter egg and cost only £2.99 each . |
| 21 | Sweat Jeans cost only £30 from BSCO stockists nationwide — call 081 451 2155 for details . |
| 22 | These cost only fourpence a pound and no doubt were a good means to provide longer life to footwear . |
| 23 | Woolwich Tabernacle , erected between 1895 and 1896 , sat 1,690 but cost only £13,936 for both the land and the building . |
| 24 | As the advert said , ‘ The average price of a tab of Ecstasy is £15 — yet Love Hearts cost only £4.95 for a packet of three — just one tenth of the designer drug equivalent . ’ |
| 25 | In 1982–83 nearly 800 children in England and Wales were made the subject of care orders as a result of divorce or other family proceedings and the cumulative number of children in care as a result of such orders was more than 7000 , costing approximately £400 million a year ( Family Courts Campaign , 1986 ) . |
| 26 | The 3½m budget has been agreed for the project and the first phase of the programme , costing approximately £500,000 , is due to be completed soon . |
| 27 | For a pair of next year 's Centre Court tickets at Wimbledon you must buy two £500 debentures costing approximately £4,500 each . |
| 28 | Costing approximately £200,000 to restore , the work has been accomplished by Vivian Bellamy 's Hampshire Aeroplane Company and the Museum 's Society of Friends . |
| 29 | There are 27 rooms , costing approximately £15 a night . |
| 30 | The weekend courses cost approximately £160 per person plus VAT , inclusive of literature and full board . |