Fish was up to 16 times as costly, and was expensive even for coastal populations.

Other societies did not have chiefs but instead had councils of the wise whose task it was to reflect on problems arising in their communities.

But, in general, universal social policies have been much more effective and politically sustainable, while policies targeting the poor, or the poorest of the poor, have often been costly and neglectful of many of those in need.

Although they lived together in Hamburg for a short time, the city was too expensive for their budgets.

It's expensive so expensive that very few people could own or use it.

But it was too expensive. And once the Syrian crisis began, it was nearly impossible for me to even get to the university from where I lived in Yarmouk.

The earliest highly popular books were nearly all religious, but the Bible, as a large book, remained expensive until the nineteenth century.

Some low carbon policies have clearly been expensive, while other, apparently cost effective options, have not been pursued at all.

But, since these devices cost money, asymmetric information always leads to worse results than would otherwise occur.

Yet these efforts are also costly.

The various engineering initiatives are financially costly, but critical in efforts to reduce potentially fatal accidents.

The PC method was simple and inexpensive, but the plastinated specimens (PN method) were more flexible, durable, and lifelike than those preserved by the PC method.

Nor was it simply a very expensive hobby.

This method is simple, reliable, and inexpensive.

Security Some attacks require an expensive preprocessing stage after which the cipher can be broken in minutes or seconds.

But this route is going to be costly and painful.

It would be easy and virtually costless.

Indeed, an oversimplified image of warrior style leadership in President George W. Bush s first term caused costly setbacks for America s role in the world.

But climate change mitigation and adaptation are costly.

Many of these things are, and will be, expensive.

Global solutions are not expensive, but they are not free, either.

At the same time, a recent white paper produced by a working group headed by the IMF's former boss, Michel Camdessus, which was charged with proposing the type of structural reforms needed to achieve growth, was received with the usual outcry from trade unions.

Moreover, renewables are still costly.

Mining and manufacturing metals is a costly, energy intensive, and, often, ecologically destructive process.

The law would establish a department tasked with granting citizens permission to use social media.

Reports from various countries confirm that revitalization is an expensive operation.

It's too slow to get a picture of conditions on the ground before they change, too expensive to implement in all the places that require testing.

With the Kyoto Protocol on carbon emissions expiring in 2012, the delegates who will gather in Copenhagen have been given the task of concluding a new international agreement.

America s strategy for fixing its financial system is costly and unfair, for it is rewarding the people who caused the economic mess.

Of course, inexpensive microprocessors and then a very important breakthrough genetic algorithms.

These measures cost money, but they also enable the poor to break free of poverty.

But these celebrations cost a lot of money and usually become a burden for the family.

These are more expensive than sports cars but not as expensive as supercars.

Higher speed wireless LANs are inexpensive but have very limited range.

As the IASC designated sector lead agency for emergencies, UNICEF is mandated to lead coordination efforts nationally, regionally and globally.

So score the stimulus a very expensive, largely wasted opportunity.

Adding up the cost of the transfer, travel, and time, remittances are far too expensive for people living in poverty.

Many assume that the cost is so high because reconstruction is expensive.

One reason why the Pentagon needs to build a costly new facility has to do with the role of private contractors in driving detention policy.

The proxy could interface to anything a network connection, a large object in memory, a file, or some other resource that is expensive or impossible to duplicate.

Keren called Adan, who called Gonen and told him that a rescue attempt would be too costly.

An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency) is a ministry charged with agriculture.

The Central Bank has an Information and Financial Analysis Unit which is mandated to adopt measures to combat the financial activities of international terrorism.

The FPC is part of the complex new UK regulatory structure, in which the former Financial Services Authority has been split in two a prudential and business conduct regulator and a new body to monitor financial stability.

Kyoto style policies can only ever be an expensive distraction from the real business of weaning us off fossil fuels.