Sentence examples for fantastic expense from inspiring English sources

But accessories and perfume cannot sustain a fashion brand's prestige; the company must also stage extravagant runway shows featuring garments of outlandishness, originality, and fantastic expense.

Of all the charges levelled against opera – the melodrama, the fantastic expense, the improbable characters and the nonsensical plots – it is perhaps the charge of 'inaccessibility' that is hardest to shake.

Big Brother had previously benefitted from running in the summer when there are usually pages waiting to be filled, but, this year, a succession of fantastic happenings – parliamentary expenses, the death of Michael Jackson, swine flu – has sucked the oxygen of publicity away from the show.

Élite foals cost as much as sixty thousand dollars; medal-winning horses go for millions; the expenses of taking part are fantastic; and the prize money is pitiful.

To tour the fantastic, peeling shell of Temple Court and imagine the work and expense of turning it into a hotel makes one's brain hurt.

"To me it would be a tragedy if we started all working towards a national nursing ratio at the expense of those other professionals that are providing fantastic care to patients too".

I personally lived in Rosser in my first year, and despite the added expense, (down to the ensuite facilities, bigger kitchen and carpets) it was fantastic.

Following Thursday's announcement by European football's governing body, Ford said the plan was a "fantastic idea" but stressed fans should not have to travel long distances at great expense.

Authenticity comes at the expense of idiosyncrasy: you wish there were more flashes of inspiration like the fantastic moment when Daisy starts beatboxing in Blue Moon of Kentucky.

"Fantastic, fantastic expression.

Fantastic, fantastic television.