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Until just a few weeks ago, investors had been willing to pay a high price for stocks in expectations of a jump in earnings growth.

The bitter divide between the parties means that politicians pay a high price for consorting with the enemy.

As a result, livestock farmers found that there was a shortage of bedding, and had to pay a high price for it.

So I think some of the reasons that people were willing to pay a high price for risky securities have been curtailed.

The environment is going to pay a high price for its settlement in the recent spending review.

Otherwise, China will pay a high price for the ignorance of its youth.

We pay a high price for a very brief respite from stress.

More than 120 million people in the Indian state of West Bengal and neighbouring Bangladesh pay a high price for living there.

It has to pay a high price for it, though.

But you shall pay a high price for this being undervalued thought in some companies.

They want to magnify the conflict in order to attract the attention of central government. Meanwhile they will pay a high price for it.

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Mr Kan has vowed to struggle on, but it is customary in Japan for party leaders to pay a high price for election upsets;