The expansion of industry and population had a substantial cost as well.

"Technology has brought in a lot of additional changes, but also at a very substantial cost," he said.

You can add memory to almost any computer, but at a substantial cost.

The prices would also reflect the substantial cost of preparing the land.

You could also have to pay substantial clean up costs.

Thus, it is unclear exactly where or whether substantial costs would be cut in Japan.

And any substantial cost would be borne by the person making the request.

He pointed out, for example, that many water plants are old and may have to be replaced at substantial cost.

But state officials said the federal policy went beyond the court ruling and could impose substantial new costs on states.

The process must be repeated every three or four years at a substantial cost, again to taxpayers.