Sentence examples for measures could cost from inspiring English sources

Mr. Mineta said the new security measures could cost as much as $2.6 billion.

Council members said the security measures could cost as much as $50,000 to $75,000 per building, though they believed the cost would be less.

Royal Mail believes the first two measures could cost it up to £300m in the event of protracted strikes, and on 2 May asked the regulator to waive them for two years.

But when ongoing measures could cost as much as $350m over a decade, that might not be enough.

But one budget critic, citing the city's own estimates, says the measure could cost the state more than $200 million in lost revenue.

As a matter of strategy, same-sex marriage advocates said that they hoped to use those votes as a way to leverage support from senators who are worried that supporting the measure could cost them politically.

The RMT rail union has called for all level crossings on intercity lines to be replaced with tunnels or bridges, but rail officials have said such a measure could cost up to £8bn.

Because federal law blocks states from choosing which organizations can provide family planning services to Medicaid patients, the measure could cost the state all federal funding for family planning.

Businesses have already warned that implementing the measure could cost jobs, and the CBI's deputy director-general, Katja Hall, seized on yesterday's data to call for the Low Pay Commission, which will determine how rapidly the minimum wage rises, to show restraint.

The measure could cost the state $5 billion in federal funds and business investment.

Neither bill has been voted on, and lawmakers said they don't know how much the measure could cost the U.S. Treasury in forgone tax revenue.