This costs billions of dollars per year, which is passed on in electric rates.

That could cost billions of dollars, a financial headache, perhaps.

That alone will cost billions, but current proposals include just $250 million.

Just getting the government up to code would cost billions.

The President said lawyers cost the nation billions in wealth.

"It must have cost them billions, but they near killed us."

Clinton's promise - two years of training, followed by a work program - would cost billions.

Will they be able to continue lines that are costing them billions a year, for much longer?

But each new plant would cost billions, and some experts question whether they are necessary.

It's going to cost billions of dollars to do that.