1.   He believes its provisions to be socialistic and that they would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs in Britain while hampering enterprise in industry and small businesses.

2.   Among them is Mayor Richard Riordan, who says Los Angeles is more than the sum of its parts, and that splintering it would cost the city clout.

3.   Carey Botkin says Sean knew he was going to be placed in the Teen Teach program and that it would cost his family a lot of money.

4.   He had to call the company to find out that phone charges were rounded up to the next minute and that his fax line would cost extra.

5.   Or that uprooting two-thirds of the engineering and planning staff would cost three to six months of lost work time.

6.   Browner dismissed complaints from the oil and trucking industries that the cleaner fuel could cause diesel shortages and that it would cost too much.

7.   She added that this was mainly because members of the timeshare leisure holidays will not be affected and that vacations overseas will also not cost more for members.