Sentence examples for costly thing from inspiring English sources

The architecture of terror is a costly thing.

"It's become a very costly thing to run".

In answer, Mr. Gates said, "The most costly thing of all would be to fail".

"If you've ever lost a phone or had one stolen, it's a scary thing, it's a painful thing and it's a costly thing".

Ms. Nevins -- whose productions include this year's Oscar-winning "King Gimp," and Alan and Susan Raymond's "Children in War" (shown in competition here), as well as late-night soft-porn sociology series like "Taxicab Confessions" and "Real Sex" -- said in a telephone interview: "It used to be that to tell your story in a moving picture was a costly thing.

One costly thing: Mercedes now makes the manual six-speed gearbox standard, and requires the upgrade to a five-speed automatic in order to get 4Matic.

As Maier finished lunch — a salad — I asked him about the ethics of creating astronomically costly things when many people are having trouble meeting their food bills.

The best style is almost always a result of an unexpected combination of good and less costly things, of masculine and feminine elements, with a sharp eye toward what's in fashion.

"Six Sigma eliminated any perceived need for evening deliveries, next-day deliveries, Sunday deliveries, all sorts of costly things that we had wrongly thought would be important to customers," said Michael P. Delain, GE Appliances' quality manager for local delivery service.

"When they substitute chemicals or processes, they often have to put in expensive equipment, retrain workers, do lots of costly things," said Gaytha A. Langlois, professor of ecology at Bryant College in Smithfield, R.I. "But then they find that the new equipment or process really is more efficient and that there are all kinds of savings to be had".

Plus the more "homey" aspect means you're foregoing costly things typically associated with hotels, like daily maid service.