Obviously, there exists an amount of water that would be more expensive than a given amount of diamonds.

显然存在这样一种情况：有数量足够大的水，它比给定数量的钻石更昂贵。

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If the fees for using smart CARDS and mobiles were low enough, cash would be more expensive to take, so it might well attract a surcharge.

如果能降低智能卡和手机使用成本，那么使用现金的成本就提高了，所以可以额外收费。

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Rob: Yes, plus some. If you cancel, you'll get less back. And starting a new one now would be more expensive because of the 1 interest rates.

罗伯︰是的，还会比本金多一点。如果你取消，领回的钱会比较少。而且因为利率的关系，现在买新的储蓄险会较贵。

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"And since it is so much more expensive and so much more difficult to cure, that would be a catastrophe."

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Republicans oppose a proposed surtax on high wage earnings to pay for the new system, and assert that plan amounts to a government takeover of health care that would be far more expensive than Democrats and the president project.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

It said the underpass option would be more expensive and would result in "significant engineering problems... and regular maintenance".

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It would be more expensive to build more than one system of electric wires or natural gas pipelines to deliver power and fuel to every home in a state.

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Failure to reach agreement on the seven-year budget would mean the EU rolling over annual budgets - a method that would be more expensive and would complicate long-term projects.

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