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For as much as China churns out more engineers and programmers than America does, it has yet to produce a Steve Jobs.

One set typically sells for as much as Shk2, 000; a Chinese-made combination can be bought for a quarter of that.

The White House had originally left room in its budget proposal for as much as $750 billion in additional aid to the banking system.

Wouldn't you negotiate a guaranteed contract for as much as you could get?

Mother Theresa was a big proponent of the concept that people need to feel cared for as much as they need food, shelter, and water.

Real estate brokers sell tiny lots consisting of nothing but lava rocks enclosed by lava walls for as much as $1, 500.

There is no second-preference system, so those votes, which may account for as much as 20-30% of the total, are in effect ignored.

The non-governmental organization ActionAid says biofuels are responsible for as much as one-third of the recent increase in food prices.

Perhaps the most grotesque form of fish farming is the ranching of bluefin tuna, a delicacy that may sell for as much as $860 a kilo.

It has depended heavily on construction, which accounts for as much as 18% of GDP, nearly twice the share in other European countries.

It has been in almost constant action for as much as a week without cleaning or lubrication.

In principle, Chinese smelters are supposed to pay a market rate for the power they consume, which can account for as much as 40% of costs.

Real-estate investment trust Verde Realty on Monday withdrew plans for an initial public offering for as much as US$300 million.

Yet people familiar with the deal say it is likely to get subscriptions for as much as three or four times the amount available.

Methane bubbling slowly into the atmosphere could raise planetary temperatures by a full degree Fahrenheit for as much as 10, 000 years.

Fees are falling and trading activity - responsible for as much as a third of revenues - is also declining.

They say, it's a market, it's still open, and I'll sell my labor for as much as I can until nobody wants to buy it.

But I'm ready for as much as the coach thinks is right.

With Citigroup bracing for as much as $11 billion in mortgage-related losses in the fourth quarter, the capital levels could dive again.

The execution rate on pools owned by broker-dealers is much higher, one reason why they account for as much as 90% of dark-pool trading.

Game companies are asking for as much as $2 million plus royalties for placing a version of their hit games on cell phones.

The HTC Magic, which uses Android, sells for as much as triple that price in Chinese cellphone markets.

Some others say biofuel production accounts for as much as 33 percent of the increase in food prices.

Osteoarthritis causes pain and makes movement difficult for as much as 10 percent of the population.

Prisoners may be sentenced to detention for as much as three months.

The rash of leveraged buy-outs may account for as much as half of the rise in American corporate net debt since 2002.

The smaller cars are expected to account for as much as 40% of total car sales in the year ahead.

In cities like Beijing or Shanghai, apartments are said by analysts to sell for as much as 30 times average annual income.

But it's less than the price Chinese users have been paying to buy gray-market iPads, where they sell for as much as $1, 000.

He expects lower-cost 3-D printers to account for as much as 90% of the market as prices fall and performance improves.

But the lag could be long enough for as much as 5 million gallons to gush into already fouled waters.

In November, Electronic Arts bought the Zynga rival Playfish for as much as $400 million.

It was selling last weekend at a Beijing electronics market for as much as $2, 000.

They include the hammerhead shark, whose fins are highly prized in China for soup, with a bowlful selling for as much as $100.

Until then, U. S. manufacturing accounted for as much as half of all global output.

Its products often account for as much as 50-70% of a store's sales.

He says Peru and Bolivia account for as much as 97 percent of global production.

Sheep once sold for as little as 50 cents each during a glut in the 1980s, but today some breeds of ewe can sell for as much as $200 a pop.

Workers had been pressing for as much as Rmb2, 500.

Remittances sometimes account for as much as 20% of GDP.

Now it makes high-end ski suits for niche European brands, which retail for as much as $1, 700.

Dipak Jain, the dean of INSEAD, believes that strong Western schools might still have an advantage for as much as 20 years.

We can only do the best we can, to prepare them for as much as possible.

The railway ministry accounts for as much as 10 per cent of all outstanding debt in the country, according to World Bank estimates.

Crush videos are reportedly sold to foreign websites for as much as 6, 000 yuan, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

Collection agencies were eager to buy bundles of old debt from the card companies for as much as 15 cents on the dollar.

But some pieces go for as much as $800.

Rough estimates suggest they can account for as much as 20-30 per cent of the volume of the Tokyo spot currency market.

In the 1980s, Tokyo office space went for as much as $250, 000 a square metre.

But for as much as this, they didn't stay at home in the morning , work untill 6: 00 p. m . I have to cook meal by myself.

A single such stamp has been sold for as much as $6, 500.

Reports in 2007 suggested some aged vintages of Pu'er were going for as much as $10, 000 for 10 grams (0. 35 ounces).

In Hong Kong's restaurants, many fish tanks are filled with live reef fish, which sell for as much as $200 a kilogram.

So when a Hong Kong bull run began in 2006, in private trades an allotment began to change hands for as much as Rmb70, 000.