Sentence examples for costly buying from inspiring English sources

Mr. Goodwin, 53, went on a costly buying spree at the height of the market that included the acquisition of ABN Amro and oversaw an expansion of the bank's subprime loan exposure in the United States.

This is a costly buy – I realise that – and a big, big investment.

She also has private backers who invest in her as if she were a promising pharmaceutical stock, paying the costly buy-in fees for tournaments.

They have to be willing to spend more money because it's costlier buying from small growers".

"The aggregate total of noncontiguous studio plus original apartment would be a lot less costly than buying a 2,000-square-foot 2,000-square-foot 2,000-square-foot

The 42 homes were the only ones that satisfied a FEMA rule that future potential flood damage would be more costly than buying the house.

In percentage terms, the gap was greatest in north-west England, where at £631 a month renting is 17% more costly than buying.

Some experts say the administration is now taking a similarly cautious approach as it chooses not to force states to adopt costly benefits, buying time for states to experiment and the federal government to study which approaches work best.

Other government reports circulating in Washington, some requested by Congress and some by the Pentagon, have portrayed the proposed tanker-lease arrangement, under which the Air Force would lease up to 100 Boeing 767's, as being more costly than buying the airplanes.

It's always been an costly proposition buying a Mac, and the prospect of losing a little more cash isn't going to scare anybody off.

Thus, a utility that can easily reduce emissions, perhaps through efficiency improvements, can sell its allowances to companies for whom reducing emissions would be more costly than buying the allowances.