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'be very costly' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It's often used to refer to something that is expensive. For example, "The repairs to the roof of our house are going to be very costly."
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"It could be very costly".
That might be very costly.
That would be very costly.
Closing a university would be very costly.
"It will be very costly for Iraq".
"It can be very costly," he said.
Because that would be very costly to measure accurately.
In English football failure can be very costly.
The process is likely to be very costly.
They also tend to be very costly to cancel.
"It would be very costly," the commander acknowledged.
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