"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 way = kosztowna droga costly way
2. costly proposition = kosztowna propozycja costly proposition
3. costly approach = kosztowne podejście costly approach
4. costly luxury = kosztowny luksus costly luxury
5. costly proposal = kosztowna propozycja costly proposal
  • A pattern of warming weather in the Arctic today, he warned, will make engineering the current proposal difficult and costly.
  • With the deficit looming, lawmakers said that costly proposals would have little chance of surviving.
  • Much of the plan, including its most costly proposals, would require state approval.
  • Unlike the controversial and costly proposals for prescription drug coverage, this would not raise the cost of Medicare.
  • Other costly new proposals include a reform of the flawed farm support program, the president's energy plan and assistance to those without health insurance.
  • One costly proposal before Congress calls for the industry to supply a free annual credit report to consumers.
  • Grand and costly proposals have been advanced to address the crisis.
  • Mr. Bush's agenda includes costly proposals important to his party's right wing, like a buildup in military spending and the development of a missile defense.
  • The Commission has put forward a costly proposal for a satellite monitoring system.
  • But let us make the less costly proposal first, not admitting we have any communication with you, and hold this bargaining counter in reserve.
(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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