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The point was to amortise that pricey ticket by squeezing in as much skiing as possible, whether you enjoyed it or not.

But his advisers said the company would be too pricey and pointed him toward the only budget option: Mansudae.

Unsurprisingly, no restaurateur in his right mind would crack open a pricey vintage and agree to be paid for a single glass of it.

Pricey oil is dulling the mainland's edge in manufacturing. But American industry may not be ready to seize the opportunity.

Dining out in San Francisco has always been a pricey proposition.

If you want to go all out on your website, you can put together shopping cart technology, but that be pricey to start out with.

Actually you should not buy anything pricey when Mercury is out of phase, for you are likely to be disappointed with your purchase later.

If the land borders were to be reopened some day, their wages would not have to be spent on long, pricey bus rides through Georgia.

Chinese Pod: I subscribed to this site for about one year and was really happy with it, but it is a bit more pricey than the first two.

At least emerging-market equities look rather less pricey than they did a year ago.

Why you should care: By putting the Volt's pricey electric powertrain into a Cadillac, GM may be able to charge enough to make some money.

Unless you opt for a prepaid plan or a pricey unlimited plan, there's no way of telling how much a phone will really cost you.

I'm not sure I buy the "cost of time" part, but I agree that the whole "dinner and a movie" routine can get pricey pretty quickly.

For now, do not buy any expensive electronics, appliances, gadgets, furniture, jewelry, or other pricey things in May.

Hint on this one: Tell your kid to leave those pricey electronic gadgets at home!

EXAMPLE: Since my promotion at work included a big salary increase I decided to take my friends out to a pricey restaurant to celebrate.

Contrary to what you might think Africa can be a pricey travel destination.

In all my years as a practicing food snob, I've never seen anybody whip out a coupon at a pricey food emporium.

I almost didn't get that journal since it was kind of pricey , but after walking around a while, I decided to get it.

If Avastin turns out to be an acceptable alternative to the pricey Lucentis, it is sure to become the treatment of choice.

Would people really accept pricey free-range beef and scrawny barnyard chickens perhaps once or twice a week?

In sharp contrast to Waikiki's kitsch, tourism is quite verboten, and the island is only accessible via pricey, private helicopter tours.

AS CAR dealers know only too well, the global downturn has made people think twice before splashing out on pricey new machines.

If you think those flatscreen HDTVs are pricey , consider this : They cost about the same, adjusted for inflation, as the first color TVs .

Don't purchase a pricey laptop stand for the passenger seat or shell out for a dashboard mount.

Some of these stores offer discount pricing while other shops are more exclusive and pricey by nature.

Rolls-Royce, for instance, which makes pricey aircraft engines, rents them out to airlines, billing them for the time that they run.

The flights are a bit pricey at this time of the year.

I encourage you to set a cut back (not eliminate) on something pricey, something you do daily or weekly.

This is not a reference to online gambling, although it could be. This is about choosing a state school over a pricey private school.

This time the centre-right government wants to save money by scrapping a pricey early-retirement scheme and raising the pension age.

Your child gives pricey gifts to friends or you and is secretive about extra income they get.

Even his beverage tastes ran on the pricey side. Apparently, he had a thirst for Perrier bottled water and Martell Cognac.

During this time of economic uncertainty, most people are backing away from things luxurious, pricey and posh.

We stayed at Furama exclusive (the new extension) and although it was a little pricey, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

First, more pricey Chinese labour still represents only a fraction of the final price of goods sold in Europe and the US.

BRINGING up children is a pricey endeavour, but most governments offer some form of tax breaks or cash benefits to ease the burden.

From Much Wenlock, a pretty town full of pricey houses, came a plea not to be lumped in with grittier Telford.

Restaurants in France can be a pricey affair, but fortunately French law dictates that prices must include service.

Chinese housing has long been pricey, and an increasingly broad array of prices appears to be following.

It's defintely a bit pricey for Bangkok standards, but such a better deal than the huge international chains.

He also acquired pricey properties , including a 120- acre farm in Northwest Omaha with a riding track, as well as three Clydesdale horses .

Khadeja even took out a pricey loan to fund her saving: she bought gold, an asset she could use if Hamid died or divorced her.

Mr. Shiller's measure suggests stocks are a bit pricey, and another signal agrees.

It may be a bit on the pricey side, but it is dead silent.

While small, inexpensive cars are the stars of the India Auto Expo this week, luxury car makers have also parked their pricey fleets here.

Relatively inexpensive and non adversarial divorce mediation-rather than pricey, contentious litigation-is now more common than ever.

Plenty of data suggest that shares are on the pricey side, and that long-term returns from these levels may well prove disappointing.

The upshot was that it squandered ¥ 50 billion in operating expenses such as a pricey and underused IT system.

Every girls dream, but a little bit pricey for you?

Films, drinks and snacks are available up on the wall, but pricey - so it is best to take sufficient with you.

That makes pricey television advertising the only plausible means to reach voters.

The Solution: Maid companies can be a little pricey, so you might want to try advertise on Craigslist or in your local paper.

A healthy current-account surplus in the mid-1990s had turned into a big deficit a decade later, a sign that Ireland had become too pricey.

The downside: The city is still unaffordable for many, and the less-pricey suburbs can impose enervating commutes.

The first pricey move was to get more children into formal education very early: almost all now start school aged just four.

The main restaurant is a signature brasserie of Keith Floyd (who sadly passed away) offering sumptuous but pricey gourmet type cuisine.

Cost-conscious governments everywhere are bashing pricey patented drugs even as they boost cheap generics.

That, in turn, means the cells have to be fitted with pricey cooling systems.

Which suggests that the industry should stop paying for the pricey lions and place their bets on a flock of fresh lambs.

Instead of purchasing a pricey deodorizer, you might as well apply a mixture of onions and water on the smelly areas.

This setup can have a significant impact on your page's overall performance, but unfortunately, using a CDN can be pricey.

Ram mortgaged his crop of rice and bamboo for next year and took out loans to pay for the pricey in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.

Few Chinese traveled for fun and those that did had to choose between austere government-run guesthouses and pricey Western-style hotels.

Use cheap luggage: Some thieves covet pricey designer bags as much or more than the items packed inside.

"If your teacher isn't very worldly, I'm not sure of the wisdom of getting something pricey rather than Marks & Spencer's best range. "

That permitted the NHS to recruit a third more sta. , purchase more pricey kit and increase the number of medical treatments.

Clearly, such headline cases are merely the well-publicised tip of an iceberg of pricey portables that disappear.

All the way so far there were only 'private' beach areas, with pricey entry fees.

Unfortunately, there's nothing as straightforward as a price-to-earnings ratio for currencies to gauge whether they are too pricey or cheap.

Britain is sufficiently small that even without pricey futuristic technology, Manchester and Leeds are only just over two hours from London.

Ms. Shi hits pricey city shops nearly every week, spending $150 or more at a time.

Mr Ford, he says, could look equally authentic orating in a pricey suit or vote-hunting in a camouflaged baseball cap.

Democrats, who need to woo voters in the exceptionally pricey Los Angeles and San Francisco media markets, will have to spend even more.

Rent the Runway provides a solution, letting you rent pricey outfits and accessories for 90% off the retail rate.

In return they would create scores of phones for every section of the market - high powered and pricey, cheap and cheerful.

On a price-to-sales basis, they're still a bit pricey, however.

A weak exchange rate, by contrast, encourages consumers to switch from pricey imports to cheaper home-produced goods and services.

And although shares are starting to look pricey, China's stockmarket is still 47% below its 2007 peak.

And to cut out the temptation of prescribing pricey medicines even further, funding from the government has proved to be essential.

Government subsidies for this pricey yet promising power source have made Europe the world's solar capital.

She will not be ordering pricey room service since her twin sister Mimi loves to bake cookies.

Yes, that's true, but the meal was a bit pricey.

The fact is, random and pricey power puts all manner of Africa-made products on the boutique, "fair trade" shelf.

The greatest leap will come in Latin America as pricey deepwater oil grows in importance.

Other Japanese cities were pricey as well: Osaka ranked sixth overall and Nagoya 11th.

But even so, hiring managers say they've received everything from pricey tickets to sporting events to bottles of alcohol-all big no-no's.

That's pricey by mainland standards, but affordable for the growing crowds of yuppie domestic tourists.

Mobile broadband is great if you're often on the move or use your laptop in a variety of locations, but it can be pricey.

With flights still pricey but petrol prices dropping, skiers and snowboarders would rather stay closer to home and drive.

Mobile broadband is great if you're often on the move or use your laptop in a variety of locations, but it can be pricey.

With flights still pricey but petrol prices dropping, skiers and snowboarders would rather stay closer to home and drive.

But reunions are also pricey, with airfare, lodging and activity fees, especially if you bring the whole family along.

Mouth guards customized by a dentist can be useful yet pricey.

Many will earn enough to splurge on pricey accoutrements for their offspring.

But Apple's pricey products - and Western-oriented applications - could limit its appeal, experts here say.

FedEx Ground will get these to Cleveland on Wednesday. -FedEx? Aren't they a little pricey?

CT scans, MRIs and other pricey imaging tests are often more for American doctor's benefit than the patient's, new research confirms.

Taxes and laws make alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs pricey, so well-off people can afford them more often than the rest.

Rolls Royce said today that sales of its pricey rides are picking up markedly in Asia.

Rolls Royce said today that sales of its pricey rides are picking up markedly in Asia.

Some of the more elaborate new designs for hotel showers are pricey to install.

If you traveled more often you'd understand that it's pricey in this city and we're by far not the most expensive.

New Yorker visiting Tokyo would find that although Big Macs were cheap, other goods and services seemed pricey.

We'll eat meat and drink pricey beer, whatever we damn want. We'll buy two bottles of beer, drink one - and then drink the other one.

Specifically -- when outside of high-speed Internet access range, they go from power-in-your-pocket to pricey-digital scratchpads.

Some monitors can use different brands of strips, while others require only name brands that can be somewhat pricey.

Yeah, it's a little bit pricey, but they serve the best seafood in town.

While pricey by local standards, that's still a fraction of what homes cost in the capital.

This restaurant is a bit pricey for me.

Outside its doors, Hummers and other pricey cars bounce along yet-to-be-paved roads.

Critics, especially in the opposition Liberal Party, argue it is too pricey and will ultimately prove ineffective.

The city offers many types of cuisine, though it's known best for high grade and pricey Kobe beef.

What is more, these plug-in hybrids should not be much more complex, heavy or pricey than present hybrid models.

To prime for it, she went to a mall in south Beijing that specializes in pricey , imported skiing gear.

Forget about pricey taxis, and instead get around on transit using discounted tickets or passes.

Jack: Yeah. They are a bit pricey though.

It wants to build a liquefied natural gas terminal by 2014 to break its dependence on pricey Russian gas.

Because I've had back problems for years I dutifully signed up for a pricey weekly one-on-one prenatal pilates class several months ago.

Well, Dad always tells us to be careful with our money, so buying him something pricey is out.

Pricey couture is optional, but some breeds do need outerwear in the winter, veterinarians say.

But in Richmond, Virginia, those who couldn't afford the increasingly pricey food blamed the Confederate government.

They'll surely have to, as criticism of the pricey F-22 mounts, in what could be the program's 11th hour.

Color me jaded, but suddenly the whole endeavor seems a little pricey.

Dealerships often have factory-trained technicians. They tend to be well-trained. , but they can also be pricey.

More people are buying coffee in bulk and brewing at home instead of purchasing pricey solo drinks, Munoz said.

Others have threatened to sue, and had their pricey batteries quietly replaced.

Microsoft's Exchange servers are pricey, but they're also well-entrenched in big businesses.

While the fresh form can be pricey, frozen sprouts and cauliflower are an economical and healthful choice.

IBM figured it's better to focus on business customers and sell them pricey software and services.

Converting guests to pricey bottled water, it said, could boost their monthly earnings by $100 or more.

Even so, the industry's new push to acquire large and rather pricey biotech stars is surprising.

Get walking! But they aren't joining pricey gyms to do this. They simply walk more.

To entice collectors, Mattel regularly releases pricey limited-edition dolls based on characters in films and popular culture.

Yes, this is the newest style. It's a bit pricey but it's really nice. I think it would look great on you.

You might find some rather pricey financial temptations before you.

Though the fuel is inexpensive, building facilities is pricey.

This reflects not only the relatively high cost of tickets but also the large number of pricey corporate boxes at English grounds.

That's 229 pricey new 'residences, ' marketing-speak for 'expensive vacation condos. '

Similar tales can be told about other pricey kit.

Tall son also pricey, but relatively thin, the focus of the city's one high school Dugao San.

Again, these are pricey specialty items at the grocery store, but cheap impulse buys at a discount hardware, department, or dollar store!

Same goes for pricey ecologically-friendly brands.

But are there any takers for this pricey fashion statement?

Who says that Ivy League educations are too pricey for anyone but the privileged few?

It's pricey, but nothing says "I love you" quite like French-enameled cookware.

Less- pricey oil and metals are also good news for corporate profits.

If you want to eat then refer to the map. I don't encourage you to eat this because it is too pricey considering the food served.

That said, there's wide agreement that solar electricity is pricey.

A government survey earlier this year found that most state-school children had to buy pricey clothes from a named supplier.

All in all, a good stay but pricey old hotel in a good location.

"It's too expensive. " Disaster coverage can indeed be pricey.

This is in part because those good educations make having children a pricey proposition.

The hotel itself serves a nice selection of breakfasts, didn't try restaurant because it was too pricey compared with outside eateries.

At his next company, NeXT Inc. , he created a $10, 000 PC that was packed with innovations, but too pricey for the market.

And Iberdrola is taking on lots of debt to finance the pricey takeover.

Network overhead generated by Internet access degrades network behavior and it is pricey, too.

Even pricey New York doesn't look so expensive when compared with the likes of Paris, Oslo and even Beirut.

Again, these are pricey specialty items at supermarkets, but cheap impulse buys at a discount hardware, or dollar store!

Bonds also look pricey compared with shares.

Houses are pricey in this area of the city.

The yen's sharp rise in 2010 clearly made Tokyo accommodations extra pricey.

In contrast, the recession has hurt global sales of cheese, a relatively pricey food that is a marker for rising affluence.

Libraries are installing pricey security systems to detect book theft because it is so rampant.

For a ticket under $6, donors get the chance to win the pricey operation free of charge.

Asian buyers walked away from with some pricey bling in 2010.

The Lime Mojito, though pricey at 22, 000 won (about $19), 10% tax included, may be the best in town.

Yes, it's the same company that makes a pricey full version; however this is the free version for Linux.

It's tad pricey but in my mind it's still a great tablet.

Rooms start for just $125 a night - a bargain in this pricey area.

But the firm's sensors are still too pricey to use them for anything but high-value applications, such as oil exploration.

The pomegranate we bought in February was pricey at 11rmb (from Sanyuanli market).

They can pop in on their private jet, get a pricey hotel room and fly back home within hours.

The Omnigraffle iPad app is a pricey $49. 99, but it looks pretty cool.

it cost more . the carlton is pricey.

Many carmakers then offer pricey upgrades, such as a Bose sound system.

Market provides a pricey but reliable way to equip your ships.

It does not have to pricey.

Although neonatal transporters are nothing new, the students' inventionis less pricey and more portable than the alternatives.

And don't be surprised if Apple also unveils a pricey 64GB version if the iPhone 5.

Canvas or muslin boxes are ideal, though pricey, because they allow air to circulate.

The stock market seems pricey after a 70% rally from the March 2009 lows.

We didn't have a kitchen in our first apartment and ate out almost every night at hot pot restaurants both cheap and pricey.

Nude glamour shots can be pricey, with some packages costing more than 20, 000 yuan (US$3, 005. 5).

There is particular to the blue, the public's very good, I asked to know to 3000, the price is pricey.

This is how a pricey place like Vail Valley gets you.

According to an article in China Daily, pricey sports cars now run a high risk of getting vandalized.

And at 5-10 cents per pound, it is too pricey to be practical.

According to this theory, the razor is sold cheaply in order to get consumers hooked and then be inclined to buy pricey disposable blades.

Others fear that oil is pricey because it is running out.

But do you really need to hire someone from that pricey tutoring site or can you just use the kid next door?

Is it just this brand or are they all so pricey?

In Hong Kong's pricey private hospitals, 71% of maternity ward space now goes to mainland women.

Spots can be removed quickly, fast right away, then I feel that the laser good, but expensive and recurrence rate of pricey;

shifting manufacturing plants out of pricey Japan and closer to other major markets;

Running operations directly helps plug "the incredible leakage that goes out through fees" to pricey external managers

One downside, of course, is sticker shock: wild salmon is pricey stuff even for adult connoisseurs;

The ability to prevent duplicates in real-time, thus reducing operational costs by avoiding pricey, manual cleanup

Pricey Parts Threaten Profits of New Game Machines

Jim Carrey gave girlfriend Renee Zellweger a pricey diamond ring

Consumers felt the pinch and opted for less pricey gifts,

Black Market: The market provides a pricey but reliable way to equip your ships