Sentence examples for expensive practice from inspiring English sources

It also costs online shoppers more to have shopping delivered, an expensive practice.

Testing the brain of a defendant is a rigorous and expensive practice that, in federal cases, requires the judge's permission.

Economic necessity has faded out that expensive practice in favour of a single tailor taking responsibility for the whole process.

The administration had come under fire from some environmentalists for reconsidering incinerators as an alternative to the expensive practice of exporting trash to other states.

Getting professional advice on skin care outside the dermatologist's office is nothing new (just think of Clinique's famous "technicians," with their white lab coats), but lately the popular and expensive practice of life coaching has been making its way into the beauty industry.

Experimental screening of chemical compounds for biological activity is a time consuming and expensive practice.

This can mean that it is more expensive to practice with your rifle, and reduce the amount of training and practice you can afford.

Making the world a better place – noble in theory, but expensive in practice and ambitious to sustain.

Profitability means sustainability, he argues; Western-style training offers higher-quality care in theory but is too expensive in practice.

And though light can, in principle, be delivered deep inside the body using an endoscope (as happens in some cancer treatments), this is finicky and expensive in practice.

This is too expensive in practice and consequently, another alternative should be sought.