Weighing in at a hefty 62,000 when new, the steep cost ensured owners had deep pockets.

The steep cost of a basement conversion may well result in more digging in your pockets than in the foundations of your property.

What to do now about the steep cost?

Others included the steep cost of investing in a high-speed, fibre-optic internet service and sports broadcasting rights and suchlike to combat declining revenues from traditional, fixed-line telephony.

Steep cost reductions in the industry thanks to the use of bigger turbines and a better supply chain have since significantly increased estimates of how much can be afforded.

The company said that it would boost asset sales to $10 billion over the next year and make steep cuts to reduce spending.

To boost job creation by small and mediumsized businesses the new administration should consider steep cuts in business rates.

Admittedly some government departments are now facing steep cuts.

They are estimated to save some $1.2 trillion over ten years, with particularly steep cuts in defence spending.

Investors are demanding steep cuts in carbon emissions and are pressing drillers to reinvent themselves for the post-fossil fuels era.

The company has been hit by the steep fall in the price of iron ore and the ebola outbreak.

To ride out the steep fall in bookings, it raised $2 billion from investors in the spring.

Unfortunately for farmers, this extraordinary harvest cannot make up for the steep fall in prices, and farm incomes will be down, not up.

A steep fall in house prices would be very uncomfortable.

Car manufacturers have been affected badly by a steep fall in demand and are being forced to reduce output.

She also has great motivation to climb to the next salary bracket because there will be a steep increase in pay.

This year's report will show another steep increase.

The steep increase in tuition fees has not deterred poor students from going to university.

Having a nap of 40 minutes or more was associated with a steep increase in the danger and nodding off for 90 minutes increased the risk to 50 per cent.

The plan also calls for a steep increase in the use of biofuels to run aircraft and trains.

It said that the case against steep rate rises was reinforced by turbulence in financial markets and a rising euro.

The latest admission shows an increasingly steep rate of recidivism among the 560 former prisoners transferred to their home countries so far.

Starting on an already steep rate of 6.25 per cent, it then tracks the base rate.

The steep rates mean that if you fail to clear the card before full interest applies, it could take you years to get rid of the card debt.

Housing experts said such steep rates threatened to derail the property market's emerging recovery.

The final narrow and steep section of the stairs leads to the attic bedroom.

The steep section of rock and ice forms a significant bottleneck on the route, less than 330 feet (100 metres) below the summit.

The major problem was a very steep section at the beginning of the ascent.

This waterfall has formed on a steep section of exposed gneiss.

The trapped workers retreated up a steep section of the tunnel.

The path leads to the coast and steep steps to cove.

Ironwork railings fl ank the steep steps to her door.

You used to have to walk down steep steps to get to a private beach.

There was the occasional backpacker chasing those sunsets, or even backpacking honeymooners holed up in tiny blueroofed houses up steep steps.

Be sure to take the steep steps down to the coast to admire the cliffs and crashing waves.

Steep streets; traffic a problem in the summer.

We trod the steep streets to the village on feet that were beginning to feel the miles.

The houses are built of brick or stone, often with red pantiled roofs, in narrow, steep streets, on both sides of the river.

Downtown of the departmental capital has steep streets.

There are several steep streets and some suburbs lie more than 7090 metres above the city centre.

It can, for instance, better simulate how winds eddy and break around peaks in steep terrain.

Firefighters found debris strewn across steep terrain and a brush fire over a quarter of an acre (about 1,000 sq metres).

Like the few other whistled languages that exist around the world, bird language developed in a region where steep terrain and sparse population hinder normal communication.

Other forms of farming are on the retreat though, as the very steep terrain makes agricultural work very hard.

The road had to be built along the winding coastline, and the steep terrain encountered required the construction of numerous viaducts, culverts and cuttings.

I've cycled up a crazily steep trail to get here, gaining 1,640ft of elevation in half an hour.

Visitors reach the cascade by a long, steep trail at an elevation of 900mft -2.

There are also several promontories that must be struggled over, using a combination of muddy steep trail and fixed ropes.

From there a steep trail ascends through a hardwood forest to a rocky stream that runs into the river with waterfalls and large sandstone outcrops.

The steep trail, with a 1300 ft elevation gain, starts in beautiful tall treed forest with fantastic wildflower filled clearings and climbs high into the rough windswept and delicate alpine.

The steep valley sides provide ideal places from which to launch ambushes.

The road was descending the side of a steep valley.

Hemmed in by steep valley walls, the river flowed over the road, forcing us almost to a halt.

It was halfway up a steep valley, about half a mile from the sea, uphill all the way.

Entrance to the village was down a steep valley which would have been a problem before motorised transport and eventually became a bottleneck.

If you cannot manage the steep walk all of the way through, try doing a few minutes uphill and a few minutes on a lower incline.

Be prepared for steep walks — not recommended at high noon.

Be ready for steep walks.

A steep wall of reef causes the entire mass to fold onto a scalloped semi circle breaking arc.

The valley formed in this fashion may have a steep wall at its head caused by a change in the bedrock type.

Once back with the bag, they would climb up a steep wall to a platform where they would assemble the puzzle pieces.

Inside its steep walls an incredibly deep lake formed.

To my amazement, penguins started negotiating the steep walls with ease.