"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
6. costly film = kosztowny film costly film
  • Even at that lofty price, "Hudson Hawk," which opened Friday to some unenthusiastic reviews, is not the costliest film of the summer.
  • In 2010, he played the lead role in Enthiran, India's costliest film till date.
  • It reached $15 million by the time shooting began-making it the costliest film ever produced up to that time.
  • Production of the costly film was shut down after complaints by Swanson about von Stroheim and the general direction the film was taking.
  • Their big risk comes from financing a costly film that flops, another top executive at a major studio added.
  • The production of the costly film was shut down after complaints by Swanson about the direction the film was taking.
  • They could not afford to rent and exhibit the best and most costly films, the ones most likely to compete with television.
  • Left far behind by "Ghost" are a host of costly action-adventure films that had been expected to dominate the market this year.
  • One stipulation, the officials said, was that Mr. Hoberman would have to persuade production companies to share the investment in the costlier films.
  • Several studio executives said that one of two costly films opening on July 25 would be compelled to move to avoid facing "Titanic."
(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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