Sentence examples for costly affairs from inspiring English sources

These are not necessarily fancy or costly affairs, but ones where I've been treated to the kindness of party givers intent on showing me a good time.

However, to keep the server active in case of less work load is costly affairs.

Government shutdowns are costly affairs.

Starting a cable network is a frighteningly more costly affair than securing a contract with an established media player.

FUND-RAISING Running for president is a costly affair, and each of the candidates needs to keep raising money to help pay off campaign debts.

Furnishing student digs needn't be a costly affair and spending some time searching exchange sites such as Freecycle.org and Facebook groups can uncover some real gems.

To finance her leadership campaign (which, since she was the only candidate, was not a costly affair) she raised £16,000, including £950 from Paul Green.

Entire families get together once a year around a wedding, and that is usually a costly affair, by one estimate around $4,000 each.

"Customer service is a sensitive issue for brands as it is a very costly affair," said Oliviero Bottinelli, managing director of Audemars Piguet in Asia.

The best ones don't come cheap, making Christmas dinner a potentially costly affair, although our round-up also includes some decent supermarket options for those on tighter budgets.

Instead of labelling him an 'essential' suspect and putting him under full surveillance - a costly affair that can take up to 20 officers - he was described only as a 'desirable' suspect.