Sentence examples for at colossal expense from inspiring English sources

After a period of neglect during the 18th century, George III and George IV renovated and rebuilt Charles II's palace at colossal expense, producing the current design of the State Apartments, full of Rococo, Gothic and Baroque furnishings.

Instead of being a mute, London should be a candid friend to the US about the dangers of Bush's enthusiasm for the colossal expense of National Missile Defence.

For Catherine, these entertainments served a political purpose that made them worth their colossal expense.

China, it said, would enhance its stability far more if it were to turn its "colossal expenses on stability maintenance" to improving people's livelihoods instead.

From the Cayenne Diesel S then one can only assume that the average Chelsea Tractor owner wants to cross Europe at colossal speed and at great expense, navigating occasional muddy obstacles with their three children in the back complete with a vast amount of supplies and a fleet of Bugaboo buggies in the huge boot.

Like sea creatures discovered at colossal depths, these unfamiliar wines are not new at all.

Goodwin at "Colossal the Small" Exhibit at James Oliver Gallery in Philadelphia, PA.

To realize his colossal vision, Tati built, at great expense, a reduced but still large-scale mockup of a modern international-style city.

They found that efforts to fight malnutrition and disease would save many lives at modest expense, whereas fighting global warming would cost a colossal amount and yield distant and uncertain rewards.That conclusion upset a lot of environmentalists.

All the material shortages that I observe beg the question of the common sense of this colossal upheaval in the history of the country, only to stop having the rich, at the expense of having so many poor.

| March 7 at 7 and March 8 at 3: "Colossal Youth".