"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 repair = kosztowna naprawa costly repair
2. costly service = kosztowna usługa costly service
3. costly care = kosztowna opieka costly care
4. costly renovation = kosztowny remont costly renovation
5. costly cleanup = kosztowne gruntowne sprzątanie costly cleanup
6. costly maintenance = kosztowne utrzymanie costly maintenance
7. costly improvement = kosztowna poprawa costly improvement
  • Furthermore, costly and embarrassing improvements had to be made just a few months after opening.
  • Old Mrs. Lorch could never bring herself to have costly improvements made in her house; indeed she had very little money.
  • It will continue to require costly improvements and has high operating costs.
  • Secure computers, he said, had to undergo costly improvements, and other systems had to be continuously refurbished even when they were used only occasionally.
  • And because the value of houses is much higher, the owners are not afraid to make costly improvements.
  • 'It's Very Traumatic' Several residents said that while some of the houses needed repairs, they were reluctant to make costly improvements.
  • A Manhattan stadium could require costly improvements to accommodate traffic and parking, as well as mass transit, since the nearest subway station would be blocks away.
  • No Hope for Some Lands Most of the three billion damaged acres can be restored to full productivity only with major and often costly improvements.
  • Although some landlords abide by prudent guidelines, and others are making costly improvements to freshen their air, ignorance and indifference remain all too common, according to health experts.
  • Nicholson noted, however, that designers in 1992 found that less costly improvements, like changing the rudder and keel, sometimes made the biggest difference in boat performance.
8. costly upgrade = kosztowne wzniesienie costly upgrade
(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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