Businesses can locate based on other considerations, such as the availability of labour, while worrying less about the cost of delivering their output.

企业可以根据其他因素选址，如劳动力的可用性，减少对产出成本的担忧。

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It is clear, for example, that the carbon cost of transporting tomatoes from Spain to the UK is less than that of producing them in the UK with additional heating and lighting.

例如，从西班牙运输西红柿到英国的碳成本明显比在英国生产西红柿的碳成本要低，后者需要额外的加热和照明。

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Analysts predict that Digital will price the new line at less than half the cost of comparable IBM mainframes.

分析家们预测迪吉多公司会将其新线产品的价格定在低于可比的IBM公司大型主机成本的一半的水平。

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Half of the products cost less than ten dollars.

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Cremations usually cost thousands of dollars less.

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Beyond the hiring of its own employees, Buchanan Renewable's generation of lower-cost electricity should lead to further job growth as small businesses will spend less on utilities.

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Seventy-five percent is a magic number in my mind -- 70-75 percent -- because that means the cost of electricity of photovoltaics is less than the cost of new fossil energy.

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When the cost of the experiment is less than the cost of the business case they should cheer on the manager to go ahead and try it out.

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He said that by not offering new salaried posts, the cost of the PCC would be less than the cost of the old Suffolk Police Authority's members.

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