With the deficit looming, lawmakers said that costly proposals would have little chance of surviving.
Initial reports indicated that costly repairs would be needed on public roads.
The word prevention suggests that costly treatments will not be needed.
(Mr. Bayh had grown increasingly isolated as he warned Democratic leaders that costly legislation was bothering independent voters).
Mr. Saft said he did not believe that digitizing plans was all that costly in the long run.
He predicted that costly recent projects would be in trouble if oil prices fell to $70 or $80 a barrel.
And with many of the votes now being decided by a majority rather than consensus, the concern is real that costly regulations will be passed over Britain's objection.
The wiser among the region's politicians know that, costly though it may be, the fight against inflation is one they cannot afford to lose.
It is not that turning wind and sunlight into electricity is itself that costly, provided you pick the right places to do it.
But it is less well known that costly, elite boarding consistently turns out people who appear much more competent than they actually are.
In doing so, Wal-Mart reduced the amount of time that costly drugs sat in warehouses, rather than on store shelves where they could create revenue.
