Sentence examples for mean costly from inspiring English sources

The plan will mean costly delays, they say, at a time when ports are competing intensely for cargo.

That could mean costly pay-off deals would have to be struck to get them off the wage bill.

That constitutes a "hard" Brexit: crashing out of the EU and the single market with no economic safety net beyond WTO rules, which would mean costly tariffs.

The new rule could mean costly delays and a loss of tank-washing business (which counts as a service export) to Canadian companies, the American Trucking Association said.

The business organisation CBI Scotland said the move would mean "costly additional red tape".

Arresting everyone who drank, regardless of how much, how often, or whether they posed a risk to others, would mean costly arrests, imprisonment, court arraignments, lawyers, appeals, and other expenses that ultimately fall on the taxpayer.

Higher yields, if sustained, will mean costlier home mortgage rates.

Jean Garandeau, the company's commercial director, says that though both its costs and direct sales are in euros, a cheaper currency may encourage distributors to stock up.But cheaper euros mean costlier imports.

The company's push to become a "one-stop shop" for small businesses has meant costly and rapidly increasing spending on technology infrastructure.

We know this inevitably means costly blind spots go undetected in the church's ministries, messages and priorities -- causing harm and missed opportunities.

But a stronger peso -- it has appreciated 6percentt against the dollar this year -- also means costlier Mexican exports, aggravating Mexico's pain when the American economy weakens.