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'costly by' is not a complete sentence and is therefore not correct.
'Costly' is an adjective and so if you want to use it in a sentence, you would need to pair it with a noun. For example, you could say, "The repairs were costly by the time the damage was done."
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Unfortunately the newspaper's site (www.lequipe.fr) is costly by Web standards.
Domestic coal usage is constrained and made more costly by an inadequate rail network.
Wind- and solar-powered alternatives no longer look so costly by comparison.
Closer, strategic links with suppliers -- promising big gains in efficiency -- are also made easier and less costly by the Internet.
Some ladies had taken to wearing whole birds on their heads by then — an economical choice, given that feathers were more costly, by weight, than anything but diamonds.
That is a reason that Crackle's original programming is costly by Web standards: Sony knows that advertisers want to display their products next to pretty programs.
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Asked whether the resignation was a positive, as it would lead to a costly by-election, Mr Vaz said: "It was unsuitable for him to remain as the police and crime commissioner.
Who's buying, who's selling in the world of high-end real estate: The extra-expensive, extra-extravagant Hamptons home of funnyman Jerry Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld is getting costlier by the day.
Photo: Sloppy play by the Mets, including a costly error by Jose Offerman, helped the Marlins win, 7-3.
A very, very costly mistake by Harbaugh not challenging that reception by Welker.
The failures may seem costly, but by enduring them Microsoft insures that history doesn't pass it by.
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