"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
(16) penalty, incentive, benefit
Kolokacji: 3
(17) gift, acquisition, subsidy
Kolokacji: 3
(19) measure, step, weapon
Kolokacji: 3
1. costly measure = kosztowny wskaźnik costly measure
  • And we would not have to turn to these costly measures, like hotels, motels and cruise ships.
  • He said both parties were "trying to outdo each other in devising ever more draconian and costly measures against this vulnerable group of people."
  • Perhaps it helps Americans to postpone politically difficult and costly measures to enlarge the economy and create more work.
  • Due to the costly measures which must be taken "About $1 billion has been set aside for those projects, an official says."
  • Beyond that, managers must take costly measures to undo the damage caused by the gamers.
  • Some shops have been forced to take costly measures.
  • The findings have prompted urgent calls for costly new measures to control the disease.
  • He called it a "costly measure that would strain the prison system."
  • The Board of Education is now considering less costly measures.
  • If her message helps galvanize the public into supporting these costly measures, we may in due course save money and misery.
2. costly step = kosztowny krok costly step
3. costly weapon = kosztowna broń costly weapon
(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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