"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
(13) delay, disruption
Kolokacji: 2
(14) treatment, drug, intervention
Kolokacji: 3
1. costly turnover = kosztowny obrót costly turnover
2. costly investment = drogocenna inwestycja costly investment
3. costly venture = kosztowne śmiałe przedsięwzięcie costly venture
4. costly production = kosztowna produkcja costly production
5. costly business = kosztowny biznes costly business
  • But manufacturing technology products is a costly and cyclical business.
  • This day she had gone down into the deepest abyss and returned from it, a costly business, hard on the soul.
  • Weaning the world away from them is likely to be a long and costly business.
  • Clearing the 80 to 110 million mines in place is a dangerous and costly business.
  • It proved to be a long and costly business, but as he did not mind spending the money, that was no obstacle.
  • In addition there are the running costs, altogether a very costly business.
  • It will prove a costly business and a drain on revenue resources.
  • Keeping up with the competition can otherwise be a costly and time-consuming business.
  • Being ahead of your time can be a costly business.
  • "We are getting rid of all the small, costly and distracting businesses."
6. costly film = kosztowny film costly film
(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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