41.   It could take years to sort out and will surely cost billions of dollars.

42.   It is a piracy, the American creators argue, which has cost them billions of dollars.

43.   It would cost billions to connect only those homes that already have cable-TV lines to high-speed data networks.

44.   It will immediately cost billions to modernize the armies of those poor nations.

45.   It is widely acknowledged that fixing the problem worldwide will cost billions of dollars.

46.   It will cost billions to fix potential problems.

47.   It will cost billions, and the Pentagon said this week that it will begin immediately with repairs to runways cratered in the past six weeks by American bombs.

48.   Like fellow Japanese conglomerate Sony, whose six years with Columbia Pictures has cost it billions, Matsushita has not done particularly well.

49.   Maintenance was deferred throughout the city, and it will cost billions to catch up.

50.   McLEAN, Va. -- Their acquisition cost billions.