1.   The mounting cost to the nation of State benefits pointed, if not to bankruptcy, at least to a dangerously unbalanced budget.

2.   Now he faces the bill and mounting costs.

3.   A mounting cost for transit operators and others is simply straightening out and bundling wrinkled bills.

4.   But that should be weighed against the mounting societal costs arising from their growing popularity.

5.   Consolidation continues to pick up speed along with the mounting cost of running a ski operation, experts say.

6.   Despite the sudden flurry of activity, the project still faces mounting costs and doubts about its viability.

7.   Despite the mounting costs, pursuing Microsoft has cost less than earlier titanic cases.

8.   Every year wineries are faced with the mounting costs of producing a bottle of wine, an expense that ultimately is passed on to the consumer.

9.   KFC Western told the Supreme Court that it planned to drop its lawsuit because it did not want to pay the mounting cost of continuing litigation.