Sentence examples for expensive in times of from inspiring English sources
Gold, which becomes more expensive in times of crisis, declined to $887.80 a troy ounce after reaching $1,000 two weeks ago.
The Large Hadron Collider is an expensive beast and in times of global financial meltdown and looming environmental problems, it's not unfair to wonder whether this kind of basic research is a luxury we can't afford.
U.S. aid -- expensive wheat and rice delivered in times of crisis, and troops sent to keep order -- has created a failed client state.
Earlier this week, it took the intervention of senior Guardian management to put a stop to a mooted hurtle round the Olympic mountain-biking track I'd been "volunteered" for, presumably on the grounds that, while I'm eminently dispensable, replacing a mangled bicycle and smashed helmet-cam would be prohibitively expensive in these times of austerity.
Senior faculty members, of course, are more expensive to keep on -- especially in times of budgetary duress.
CEO of AFN Peter Dinsdale says it's a necessity when the AFN is struggling in times of cutbacks and expensive legal cases.
That process was expensive in time (we did most of it as volunteers), but was an absolutely essential process for building trust and commitment.
It's expensive in time and money and risk of exposure.
Also, it is very expensive in terms of time it consumes, considering the fact that the iterations should be done for each time slot which is in the order of millisecond in practical systems.
