costly project
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcostlyandproject
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costly
adjective
uk/ˈkɒst.li/us/ˈkɑːst.li/
expensive, especially ...
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project
noun[C]
uk/ˈprɒdʒ.ekt/us/ˈprɑː.dʒekt/
a piece of planned work or an activity that is finished over a period of time and intended to achieve a ...
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(Definition ofcostlyandprojectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcostly project
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It is acostlyprojectand there are more urgent demands upon the funds available.
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It goes without saying that this is a weighty andcostlyprojectbut also a necessary one.
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Why move into an extremelycostlyprojectat the very time when the public finances began to dip into the red?
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As we say in the report, a reopening would be acostlyproject.
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Recurrent annual expenditure of about £130,000 makes this relatively a verycostlyproject.
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It is a complicated andcostlyproject, estimated to cost £4·04 million.
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It is acostlyprojectand there are more urgent demands upon the funds available.
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We stress that we do not have any ideological prejudice because of this; we are simply convinced that this is a useless, unrealistic andcostlyproject.
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But there is also good reason to warn that we risk digging ourselves into an incrediblycostlyproject which may not give the results we are justifiably hoping for.
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A previously proposedcostlyprojectthat would have replaced the underground cables is no longer necessary.
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This verycostlyprojectwas progressively abandoned: at first, in 1984, through the revision of the line making it shorter.
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The city had to pay for the walls itself, and instituted a tax to fund thecostlyproject.
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I mentioned in another context the belated abandonment of costly projects.
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There are many relatively minor but still costly projects.
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There is also the temptation to embark upon large and costly projects for the sake of national prestige.
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These are not only costly projects, but they are of great local interest in many parts of the country.
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