Sentence examples for a portion of cost from inspiring English sources

The S.E.C. investigation concerns whether the company in 1998 improperly began to book a portion of cost overruns on construction contracts as revenue, before customers had agreed to pay any additional amounts.

"The big issue is, are donors aware that part of the money they thought was a contribution isn't necessarily supporting the charitable mission?" Executives at several of the city's big charities said they thought most of their patrons understood the practice of covering a portion of costs with contributions.

The cost of the monitor is only a portion of the cost per sample.

One way to look at the cost of outsourcing is to break it into a portion of total cost for a business.

A portion of our cost of sales, or $2.5bn, could be at risk through increased costs to our supply chain as a result of these risks".

An attractive garden pleases passers-by, but they cannot be charged a portion of its cost.

Landlords are also allowed to pass along a portion of the cost of major renovations to tenants.

Five years later the town settled the case for $9 million, with insurance covering only a portion of the cost.

The substation was eventually built, but with only a portion of the cost coming from the alliance.

And they take pride in paying for at least a portion of the cost of these services".

Paul Marrone, a UBS spokesman, said, "We are pleased that the judge has shifted a portion of the cost of e-mail restoration to the plaintiff".