"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
1. costly litigation = kosztowny spór sądowy costly litigation
2. costly lawsuit = kosztowny proces costly lawsuit
3. costly suit = kosztowny garnitur costly suit
4. costly mandate = drogocenny mandat costly mandate
5. costly divorce = kosztowny rozwód costly divorce
6. costly appeal = kosztowny apel costly appeal
  • Companies also like the bear hug because it is easier and cheaper than a tender offer, which can involve a costly, lengthy appeal to thousands of shareholders.
  • They claimed a report advising against fighting a costly appeal with the electricity giant should have been discussed in closed session.
  • These costly appeals can add years to court cases.
  • But the implication of expanded court review of arbitral awards conflicts with another goal of arbitration, which is to avoid costly and protracted appeals.
  • That has forced Ms. Wang and her group to embark on a costly appeal against steep odds.
  • A C4 investigation reveals that government attempts to cut its welfare bill is in chaos with many claimants stuck in costly appeals and assessments.
  • After the jury verdict, the judge directed the county government to try to settle the case to save the expense of costly appeals.
  • Mr. Pallone and environmental groups contended that this presents an obstacle to any new regulation by making it subject to costly legal appeals.
  • Better quality and more accurate first decisions would save money through fewer costly appeals.
  • "Natural England and the Environment Agency were established to protect our environment, yet now the Chancellor is exposing them to costly legal appeals from developers. "
(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
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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