Sentence examples for severe cost from inspiring English sources
"severe cost" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe something that has a very high cost, either financially or in terms of other resources. For example: "The company was unable to keep up with the severe cost of new technology."
Hospitals and doctors are pressing managed care insurers for higher fees after several years of severe cost controls.
Meanwhile, Sony is in the middle of severe cost cutting.
The positive results come after severe cost cutting.
The crunch yields clear-cut winners in terms of seats, but at a severe cost in democratic representativeness.
"Clearly the upside came from severe cost controls," said Christa Quarles, an analyst with Thomas Weisel Partners.
With its growth slowing sharply compared with a year ago, Google has imposed severe cost controls and slashed expenses.
Now, the question is whether the investment banks will be able to contain the damage without more severe cost-cutting.
It was better than the City had expected, helped by £68m in savings in a severe cost-cutting programme last year.
If, however, it becomes apparent that the sale process cannot be accelerated there will be no choice but to implement very severe cost-cutting measures at the club".
Even Disney, which long seemed immune to the downturn, said earlier this year that it, too, would institute severe cost-cutting measures in its animation division, from slashed salaries to lost jobs.
Even so, labor unions contend that severe cost-cutting on the Piper rig after the 1986 slump in oil prices contributed to the accident, and they draw parallels with the cost-cutting going on now in the North Sea.
