Sentence examples for disastrous cost from inspiring English sources

The aim, the reports contended, was to show how lean the company planned to be after a series of disastrous cost overruns and delays on other big projects or to warn the government what would happen to British jobs if BAE did not win the bulk of the contract.

But not far enough, and that's the tragedy that Romney carries so lightly, at disastrous cost to society, as Benjamin Wallace-Wells' remarkably understanding, almost empathetic, portrait of "The Romney Economy" makes clear.

And yes, opening the lands up for exploitation of oil and gas would create economic benefits, as the industry points out, but at the more disastrous cost of adding more fossil fuels to the fires that are increasing global temperatures, and spurring climate change.

Unifying big, diverse regions into single political entities is costly, but the disastrous costs of disunion have been demonstrably huge.

He refuses to do the hard work of diplomacy — or even acknowledge the disastrous costs of his actions.

One in particular, the 2008 purchase of Countrywide Financial, the subprime lender, has been disastrous, costing the bank more than $30 billion.

Then in 2012, the opening of a new distribution center proved disastrous, costing the retailer millions and leaving it short on cash.

The industry-funded World Gold Council WGCC) estimates Mr Brown's disastrous decision cost the UK around £20bn as the price of the metal soared higher.

In Australia, too, the government's rhetoric about the potentially disastrous economic cost of climate action is at odds with several studies.

HP's acquisition of Autonomy was supposed to form the central part of the US group's move into software, but the plan fell apart after the disastrous deal cost HP shareholders billions of dollars in destroyed value.

The disastrous acquisition cost Bernd Pischetsrieder, then BMW's chairman, his job (he now runs Volkswagen).