1.   But for growers, it can be an expensive way of insuring against risk, suggests Mr Dickie.

2.   High interest rates tend to make it an expensive way to borrow.

3.   The detergent feeds often fitted are expensive ways of using chemicals.

4.   The new Patents County Court provides, hopefully, a speedier and less expensive way of pursuing smaller claims.

5.   Ardis and RAM both levy hefty per-kilobyte charges once you exceed the minimums, making their services an expensive way to surf the Internet for pleasure.

6.   Automakers say there are less expensive ways to improve air quality.

7.   A girl from Port Washington, N.Y., researched a less expensive way to treat municipal waste water.

8.   A mix of stock and debt is viewed as the least expensive way for a company to raise capital.

9.   Aides to Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Friends of the Earth environmentalist Shawn Cantrell think a less expensive way might be found to remove them.

10.   Air conditioning is great but by far the most expensive way to beat the heat.