1.   This scandal could cost the government dearly.

2.   The scandal has cost Nicholson dearly.

3.   The ruble went back up, but the scandal cost two top government officials and the chairman of the Central Bank, Viktor Gerashchenko, their jobs.

4.   The scandal also cost the athletic director, Chet Gladchuk, his job.

5.   The scandal ultimately cost top commanders their jobs and still haunts the Navy.

6.   Though apparently no Swiss laws were broken, the scandal cost SGS the contract and threw the company into tumult.

7.   You see how much this scandal has cost us.

8.   Barmasai finished fifth at the World Championships, but said the Zurich scandal had cost him too much sleep and concentration.

9.   Chubais and others denied any wrongdoing, but the book scandal cost three senior officials their jobs.

10.   So far, the scandal has cost the jobs of an interior minister and several police officers, but no one has been brought to trial.