31.   Advocating a change from costing lending rates from opportunity cost to actual cost emphasizes efficient use of funds and prudent judgement in lending money to industries with mediocre performances.

32.   Assuming the opportunity cost of idle land is nil, the government may think of introducing progressive land tax on the landlords having idle land exceeding a certain limit.

33.   Every investor has his own opportunity cost of capital.

34.   If the lost business and other opportunity costs are taken into consideration, the water fiasco may have cost the country billions of ringgit in export earnings.

35.   In addition, there will be tremendous savings in terms of both real expenses and opportunity cost.

36.   The man hours spent on repairs, opportunity costs foregone by consumers of utility supplies, revenue loss to suppliers, and damage to property all add up.

37.   Transcendental leaders can change before things become a crisis, and they can capitalise on opportunities before they become opportunity costs.

38.   To stimulate woman participation, the opportunity cost of being full- time housewives must be raised as well.

39.   For most developing countries, the opportunity cost of being forced to maintain such reserves is enormous, said Stiglitz.

40.   Businesses were constantly calculating the opportunity cost of their investments and could go elsewhere if there were too many problems, he said.