All its costly investments at gaining customers will mean little if the company can't process orders lickety-split.

Just what are we expecting as a return on this costly investment?

An apology may be one of the least costly and most rewarding investments you can make.

The present system in the city of a vehicle with a team of operatives seems to be a costly investment.

He said that tenants would welcome the ability to hook into such a system without the need to make costly investments on their own.

Installation of sprinkler systems is a costly investment that many in the lodging industry continue to avoid.

But this involves a costly investment in slaughterhouses and national marketing.

These measures would require significant and costly investments but would not have any real benefits for the environment.

Increased Federal aid for higher education might be a worthwhile investment even if costly to the Treasury.

The construction works soon started and this very costly architectural investment was ready in its basic form by the year 1759.