Sentence examples for costly undertaking from inspiring English sources

But a successful smuggling ring can be a costly undertaking.

But starting a Saturday paper could be a complex and costly undertaking.

The campaign was a large and costly undertaking, conducted intermittently throughout the 15th century.

Developing the greenfield deposits and building the pipeline needed for the deal will be a colossal and costly undertaking.

Moving tens of thousands of troops and their heavy equipment home from the Persian Gulf region is a costly undertaking.

Getting them together, and persuading them all to agree on a settlement, can be a monumental and very costly undertaking.

The startup doesn't plan to slow down with its scaling any time soon, so better to begin rolling out the new terminals before it becomes a bigger, costlier undertaking.

Such comments provided new ammunition to Republicans already worried about the costly commitments undertaken by the federal government to stave off an economic collapse.

They say that such a measure would hurt small businesses that are already reeling from the recession, and undermine the costly efforts undertaken by some of them to comply with local antismoking laws.

Tenements built in the 1860's to the early 1900's were boarded up in the mid-1930's when owners felt new requirements for renovations to bring in more light and air too costly to undertake during the Depression.

The most extensive and costly program undertaken by George L. Ball since he became chairman of Prudential-Bache Sendedtins has ended in failure, renewing questions on Wall Street about Mr. Ball's future with the firm.