substantial cost

collocation in English

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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cost
noun
uk
/kɒst/
us
/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, or ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandcostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is not known ifsubstantialcostsavings would result.
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This unification can have asubstantialcostwhen the corresponding actual terms are large.
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The treatment is one ofsubstantialcost, complex protocol, and unproven value.
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This underscores our emphasis on imputed costs as a relevant andsubstantialcostin most family planning programs.
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Substantialcostsavings can be realized in the variable portion of the incremental costs including diagnostic laboratory and therapeutic services.
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It is asubstantialcost.
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Caring for an invalid involvessubstantialcost.
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This is a verysubstantialcost.
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That will lead to asubstantialcost.
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There must be asubstantialcostadvantage.
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In many developing regions of the world, typhoid fever remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality at asubstantialcostto health-care systems.
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Active transmission still occurs, however, and the cost of maintenance control by chemotherapy cannot be reduced below thesubstantialcostof case detection.
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Somesubstantialcostsavings will presumably occur for the use of intensive chemotherapy in today's practice compared with the trial practice.
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Susceptible males had a mating advantage when competing with any of the resistant males, suggesting asubstantialcostof resistance genes to this trait.
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As we have heard,substantialcostsavings can be made.
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Wages and salaries are asubstantialcostto practices.
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Such information could not be collated without verysubstantialcost.
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That there issubstantialcostis beyond doubt.
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That has resulted in asubstantialcostto the town.
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That is asubstantialcostto a small farm business.
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I cannot see where this will achievesubstantialcostsavings.
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There would be asubstantialcostin adopting the amendment.
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This should also result insubstantialcostsavings.
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A nationwide implementation of stroke services will lead to asubstantialcostreduction (260 million: 13 percent cost reduction) compared with the costs estimates based on regular care.
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It has been provided atsubstantialcost, and we must optimise that investment.
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