"costly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

costly adjetivo

costly + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 119
costly mistake • costly war • costly battle • costly program • costly process • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
(10) disaster, problem, distraction
Kolokacji: 3
1. costly disaster = kosztowna katastrofa costly disaster
2. costly problem = kosztowny problem costly problem
3. costly distraction = kosztowne zakłócenie spokoju costly distraction
  • The squabble has been a costly distraction, analysts said.
  • The private charity schools will say this is a costly distraction from their core job of educating an elite very well.
  • Once thought of as a costly distraction, this group is now seen as a source of future growth.
  • They worry, though, that Volkswagen, which is struggling on several fronts, could end up as a costly distraction for Porsche's executives.
  • Badger culling has become a costly distraction from the important business of controlling cattle TB.
  • But it has concluded that this effort is a costly distraction, both to customers and to Wall Street.
  • Indeed, Iraq, many European officials say, was a costly distraction from fighting terrorism.
  • City academies were seen by the Brownites as a costly, flashy and elitist distraction from the cause of creating better comprehensive schools.
  • Years of lawsuits between Harris and Barrett were costly distractions for the two entrepreneurs.
  • But some skeptics wonder whether bombarding players with so much data will better their games, or just be a costly distraction.
(13) delay, disruption
Kolokacji: 2
(14) treatment, drug, intervention
Kolokacji: 3
(16) penalty, incentive, benefit
Kolokacji: 3
(17) gift, acquisition, subsidy
Kolokacji: 3
(19) measure, step, weapon
Kolokacji: 3
(20) hurricane, tornado
Kolokacji: 2
(21) strike, assault, storm
Kolokacji: 3
(22) solution, method
Kolokacji: 2
(23) trial, experiment
Kolokacji: 2
(24) affair, race
Kolokacji: 2
(26) bureaucracy, machine
Kolokacji: 2
(27) dispute, jewel, gem
Kolokacji: 3
(28) import, consequence
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + costly
Kolokacji: 4
prove costly • become costly • grow costly • consider costly
adverbio + costly
Kolokacji: 19
most costly • extremely costly • potentially costly • far more costly • increasingly costly • ...
costly + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
costly for • costly to • costly in

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