"costly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- 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.
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