Example sentences of "cost [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new machines will cost only £50 more than current single-speed VHS models and in the long-play mode give up to eight hours ' playing time , instead of the normal maximum of four hours . |
| 2 | To take account of this trend The new Aston Martin DB7 , to be built in Newport Pagnall , will cost only £80,000 , havce the price of the companies current models . |
| 3 | Normally £47 , take along this issue before March 14 and it will cost only £35 . |
| 4 | Estimates that creating the Fsx would cost only ¥165 billion ( at 1985 prices ) were good for nothing more than selling the project to parliament which had to vote the money . |
| 5 | A four-minute call during cheap rate times will cost just 99p , down nearly 25 per cent , says British Telecom . |
| 6 | For a basic-rate taxpayer , that would cost just £700 a year . |
| 7 | BT say it means an hour 's chat will cost just 84p — even if the call is made from Land 's End to John O'Groats . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Lovers of wide open sands might choose Comillas , a little fishing port where a simple meal with wine at Il Puerto will cost under £5 . |
| 12 | A Jodel can cost under £30 per hour , an Evans VP-1 under £20 per hour , and fixedwing three-axis microlights such as the Mike Whittaker range of designs under £15 per hour . |
| 13 | Apple confirms that the machine will be built by Sharp Corp and will cost under $1,000 . |
| 14 | PC Magazine thinks server versions of Microsoft NT will cost under $5,000 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The campaign will cost about £250,000 and forms part of the HSE 's wider three-year ‘ Lighten the Load ’ campaign , begun in September 1991 , which aims to raise awareness of all work-related musculo-skeletal disorders and to encourage employers , employees , and health professionals to co-operate in minimising significant risks . |
| 18 | ‘ We reckon this will cost about £250,000 in total , ’ he said . |
| 19 | To observe modern methods , come aboard this red monster , which , if new , would cost about £25,000 . |
| 20 | A small , middle-of-the-range electronic organ would cost about £7,000 and churches would be unwise to consider anything less than this . |
| 21 | For example , a special leased line from British Telecom will cost about £100,000 per year . |
| 22 | This will cost about £120m . |
| 23 | That would cost about $3 billion more . |
| 24 | They claim they dropped out because of the increasing costs and argue their route would only cost about £1.7bn . |
| 25 | A similar design would cost about £8,188 ( self-assembly ) |
| 26 | A licence fee will cost about £10 and users will be charged for each unit of information rather than by the minute , although there will be no charge for customers linking into GSN . |
| 27 | The Government reckons it will cost about £4 million to implement , 75 per cent of which it is hoped will be clawed back from industry . |
| 28 | If all goes according to plan the first stage will cost about $7m a day . |
| 29 | To insure against complete catastrophe on an average launch would thus cost about $4 million . |
| 30 | It suggests that the machine will cost about £120 for every hour of service . |