Sentence examples for ruinous cost from inspiring English sources

But this achievement came at a ruinous cost.

This will effectively restore black cabs' exclusive right to pick up passengers off the street at ruinous cost.

Throughout 1915 the French armies under Joffre attempted to burst through the German positions at ruinous cost, and failed.

This dynamic is another reason to repeal mandatory sentencing laws, which have proved disastrous across the country, helping fill up prisons at a ruinous cost.

Then they get readmitted to prison in remote locations and at ruinous cost, with dental, medical and psychological exams each time for another stay.

Even as oil companies are enjoying staggering profits, many Americans — in July! — are already worried sick about the potentially ruinous cost of heating their homes next winter.

For everyone, the ruinous costs are rising.

A rigid target runs a risk, however small, of imposing ruinous costs.

In those decades parts of plants were built, ripped out and rebuilt because of design and regulatory problems, leading to ruinous costs.

Some of the loans were so multilayered and complicated that their true ruinous costs were easily hidden until it was too late.

The Big Three American carmakers General Motors, Ford and Chrysler accumulated ruinous costs over the post-war years, such as gold-plated health plans and pensions for workers who retired as young as 48.