"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
(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
1. costly consequence = kosztowna konsekwencja costly consequence
  • In such facilities, electrical power problems can have very costly consequences, costing millions of dollars (U.S.) per minutes.
  • And it can be a costly consequence for jockeys working in an industry with a reputation for hard living.
  • - but one that could have profound and costly consequences, even though the law carries no penalties.
  • In addition, misclassification of an individual as an independent contractor may have a number of costly legal consequences.
  • Other details, however, can carry costly consequences if overlooked.
  • Although preventive efforts avert serious diseases and their costly consequences, the saving is often offset by dramatic rises in use of those services.
  • He was less convincing in addressing the potentially costly consequences of a war against that country.
  • At the same time, we have to bear in mind that an undesirable occurrence such as this has very costly economic consequences.
  • Some protocols, including Paxos, are able to tolerate incorrect failure suspicions without any costly consequence.
  • On those timescales, unforeseen events are a certainty, with hugely costly consequences.
2. costly import = kosztowny import costly import
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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