Sentence examples for unexpectedly expensive from inspiring English sources
The Graphics Synthesiser chip is proving unexpectedly expensive to make.
Suppose a German coal-fired power station finds that meeting its allocation of emissions is unexpectedly expensive.
Last month KPN raised €3 billion in a rights issue, after the Netherlands' auction of 4G spectrum proved unexpectedly expensive.
GERALDINE FABRIKANT THE LUXURY AISLE Barneys New York, the department store known for $10,000 suits, became an unexpectedly expensive proposition itself after a bidding war between companies from Japan and Dubai.
Other Polish banks have been offering low-interest mortgage loans denominated in euros and Swiss francs which looked cheap, but have proved to be unexpectedly expensive for borrowers as the zloty has slid by 15% against the euro since the start of last year.But by and large, the foreign banks are winning their bet.
"We made these decisions a hundred years ago, and now we have this unexpectedly expensive result," Grossinger said.
In fact, a succession of domestic Chinese films, including the comedies "Lost in Thailand" (a close cousin to "The Hangover Part II") and "Finding Mr. Right" (China's answer to "Sleepless in Seattle"), have unexpectedly clobbered expensive American fare like "Oz the Great and Powerful," "The Hobbit" and "Jack the Giant Slayer" on Chinese screens.
Or, if she isn't, how unexpectedly popular the expensive Hello-love-I-just-thought-I'd-pop-by-with-some-leftover-lasagne fantasy market must be.
This helps avoid an uncomfortable situation: finding yourself short of money, or at an unexpectedly extremely cheap or expensive eatery.
At first, Geisha was regarded as a fluke, an expensive novelty with unexpectedly pretty flavors; now it's considered to be possibly the finest coffee available, a part of the culinary canon.
As if air travel were not already stressful and expensive enough, being stuck unexpectedly with charges for overweight baggage on check-in can only add to the surly feelings.
