"costly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

costly adjetivo

costly + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 119

costly mistake • costly war • costly battle • costly program • costly process • ...

verbo + costly

Kolokacji: 4

prove costly • become costly • grow costly • consider costly

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) prove, consider

Kolokacji: 2

1. prove costly = okaż się kosztowny prove costly

2. consider costly = uważaj za kosztowny consider costly

This was considered too costly and it was cut down.
Prosperity in the 1980's helped increase the number of powerful boats once considered too costly for most Americans.
The undertaking was considered too costly and not taken up until 1877.
This aircraft was considered too costly for development, and the project was abandoned in 1967.
The project was considered too immense and costly to be undertaken at the time.
The design was considered costly, and only 12 units were acquired.
It may be, though, that the real need is to develop full-time linesmen, a move now considered too costly by the council.
In addition, building dams in the wilderness was considered too costly.
But the costs are dropping; they were once considered 1,000 times too costly.
In other cases, it means delaying new rules considered too costly for business.

(2) become, grow

Kolokacji: 2

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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