1. They were trying to reduce operating costs .

2. Operating costs jumped from ￡85.3m to ￡95m.

3. Absenteeism, turnover, and operating costs were all high.

4. Its aim was to cut operating costs.

5. He asked them to identify areas in which operating costs could be brought down without significantly affecting store revenues.

6. The savings on operating costs alone were immense, some experts putting it in the order of ￡2 million a year.

7. The first is by cutting operating costs, which have been rising faster than revenues.

8. Most combinations offered lower operating costs than the base case,[sentence dictionary] but at the price of increased track maintenance charges.

9. However, in the calibration model, constant marginal operating costs were assumed.

10. The need to cut operating costs will restrict the time, energy and financial resources available to promote the hotel.

11. After the deduction of operating costs and payments to shareholders, this is put to reserve.

12. However, reorganisation provisions necessarily include provisions for operating costs, such as redundancy costs and administrative expenses.

13. Two-up printing also saves operating costs by squeezing more pages per linear foot of paper running through the printer.

14. Previously it charged all operating costs, including those related to the management of investments, to revenue account.

15. The money was given to the museum with the proviso that it is spent on operating costs.

16. Citicorp plans to lop $1.5 billion a year from its operating costs.

17. The capital cost of these projects is some $100million—then there'll be the operating costs.

18. There were considerable savings both on the capital cost of power stations and on their operating costs.

19. However, Figure 18-1 is simplified by assuming constant average and marginal short-run operating costs up to full capacity.

20. But management seemed unperturbed, claiming that shareholders needed a stronger share price, which called for lower operating costs.

21. In its accounts for the year ended 31 March 1992, 3i has changed its policy for accounting for operating costs.

22. By the start of the 1980s, however, the company had cut its operating costs pretty much to the bone.

23. Denver International must take in at least $ 304 million in revenues next year to cover annual debt service and operating costs.

24. The merged company hopes to cut $ 800 million in annual operating costs.

25. The money was given to the museum with the proviso that it be spent on operating costs.

26. Delta benefits from a modern fleet of aircraft with low operating costs.

27. Also the combination of both activities enables banks to reduce overall operating costs.

28. The regulation worked out so that the company provided local service at prices that failed to cover more than direct operating costs.

29. They provide food products at lower cost than conventional supermarkets; they minimize operating costs and customer services.

30. Now downtown and suburban churches pick up the $ 215, 000-a-year operating costs.

31. Cirrus also was saddled with higher operating costs than other companies, in part because it had grown so fast.

32. This means that operating costs are a fraction of those at a typical full-price supermarket.

33. Our company's monthly operating costs are increasing.

34. Operating costs: These include all direct and indirect costs.

35. Virtual schools may not save much in operating costs.

36. Cash flow equals revenue minus operating costs.

37. Tracks monthly operating costs and revenue to assure profitability.

38. Extremely long useful time, low overall operating costs.

39. This resulted in the listing of the company's working capital assets, cash flow, including operating costs.

40. If you want to probe deeper, its good news that total operating costs over the lifetime of the unit are expected to be about $0.12/kWh.

41. To - the - art technology, and rational layout, investment and operating costs low.

42. The higher operating costs can be offset against the cement clinker.

43. Thus the capital and operating costs of new laterite projects will have significant impact on the nickel supply and therefore price.

44. The demand for functional wax free boxes is being driven by retailers as they focus on ways to improve the recyclability of packaging materials and reduce operating costs.

45. With the increase of production, our jaw crusher can greatly reduce the operating costs.

46. And analysis of Shaogan highway project loan risks and effects, use of sensitivity analysis methods analysis of project cash flows and operating costs of the project the impact of the risk.

47. In addition, the output and also add to a lot of ST's operating costs.

48. The estimated revenue for 2008 was USD 300 million according to Wikipedia, almost certainly far less than the operating costs of the portal itself.

49. Either then produces net exportable electricity for sale to offset plant - operating costs.

50. An 87% year-to-year jump in Sina's operating costs in the second quarter is attributed in part to increased personnel costs for the management of Weibo.

51. Drip emitters are key functional parts in the drip irrigation system(), whose performance and cost determine the operating costs and efficiencies of the entire drip irrigation system.

52. The common resource constraint for inventory systems is a linear resource constraint which may result in high operating costs in multi-item (R, Q) inventory systems.

53. Meanwhile, the intermediate reduction in circulation also reduces the operating costs of Carrefour.

54. Normally, one would expect that if a property was fully occupied and the gross receipts were high, then the operating costs would also tend to be high.

55. All pumps are air cooled , saving the capital and operating costs associated with providing cooling water.

56. Private placements will cover operating costs, De Laurentiis said in a telephone interview.

57. Establish your policies, constantly monitor prices and operating costs to insure profit.

58. Expenses incurred for cleaner production auditing and training may be booked as enterprise operating costs.

59. The operating costs at HPLC will be similar to PanAsia Paper's other operations.

60. Operating costs and maintenance cost low, automatic operation, can realize unmanned management operations.

61. But take-up of data services fell far short of expectations, and 3G's real value proved to be much less exciting: an ability to cut operating costs and provide lots of cheap voice capacity.

62. The new engine features high speed, small size and economical operating costs.

63. For school administrators, it can reduce costs and the operating costs and improve management efficiency.

64. This article introduces a means of NC program about rough cut of helicoid base on helix-milling. The means can improve efficiency of cutting, reduce the cutting abrasion, depress the operating costs.

65. Inland river freight costs are historically high for a tight supply of barges, increased operating costs, and higher demand moving commodities upbound on the major rivers.

66. Mainly for economic considerations, because it greatly reduces the ship's operating costs.

67. Recovery of fine coal is an indespensary link of hydro- mining process. The treatment systems currently used suf- fer from the drawbacks of being complicated, and high in initial and operating costs.

68. In addition to the new speed limit, expected to lower energy use and operating costs, the total railway construction budget for the next five years appears to have been scaled back.

69. Further, the heating device has simple structure, low manufacturing and operating costs, simple and convenient construction operation and the like.