The goal was to test whether Internet stations could be set up, how much they would cost, and how long they could operate.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

Cleaning up and repairing that city may cost a billion and a half dollars or more.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

Then,when the food crisis hit, the cost of foreign rice shot up.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

And since natural gas is a major ingredient in fertilizer, the cost of this essential farm supply could go up,too.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

The World Bank has predicted adjusting to the effects of climate change will cost up to $100 billion a year until 2050.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

The cost of materials,bait and fuel, and the price of lobsters hasn't kept up with it.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

And as the cost of everything goes up, extreme poverty in Yemen becomes more prevalent.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

The UN health agencies say it could cost about $39 billion over the next six years to scale up the recommended measures in the 68 high-risk developing countries.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

The towers cost $2,200 to set up, but very little to operate.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Unemployment in the United States edged up to 9.8 percent in September, and President Obama says the ballooning cost of health care is part of the reason for it.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

"There had recently been riots in Morocco due to the cost of wheat going up, so I traveled there to bake alongside Arab women in a large village oven.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

State taxes make up more than $4 of the cost.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

"So what you get may be cost, but what you give up may be the on-going relationship, the communication, the follow-up care, and things,traditionally, American patients have held very dear."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Prospective patients must be fit for travel, the cost must make economic sense, the length of stay should be relatively short and follow-up care must be predictable and fairly brief.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

The cost of doing business keeps going up.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

"The cost of solar has been dropping on average about 30 percent a year, where the cost of traditional energies has been going up exponentially because the price of fossil fuels is going up,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"And the way that we make up the difference for what those uninsured patients cost in terms of the cost of their care, is that we have to utilize the excess of revenues over expenses or the profits we generate from patients who have insurance."

VOA: standard.2010.02.25