Instead of protecting the party, the party has protected him, at serious cost to itself.

Another serious cost is that fewer of our most talented young people see government service as a worthwhile and challenging career.

We did, in the end, get the balance right, but at a serious cost to profitability, and with a result well below budget.

But people's reluctance to sign consent forms could add serious costs and delays to the entire project.

But an actual resort to force, though it cannot be excluded, would have serious costs, well worth avoiding.

Such a high rate of job destruction carries serious costs for workers, even when they eventually find new jobs.

If they get it wrong they could face serious costs.

Thus, the military gains of the attack also had a serious political cost for Cortés.

But serious costs there are, and they may well grow.

There are indeed serious costs derived from not having a constitutional treaty.