significant cost
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignificantandcost
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significant
adjective
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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cost
noun
uk/kɒst/us/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, or ...
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(Definition ofsignificantandcostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsignificant cost
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Given the large number of patients with atopic eczema, this guidance may have the potential forsignificantcostsavings.
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Such a constraint is parochial, and so can enter the grammar only atsignificantcost.
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Is there asignificantcostdifference between the two databases in identifying relevant references?
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They showed that the collaborative care program was more effective than usual care withoutsignificantcostincreases.
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The floating platforms increased their landholding capacity withoutsignificantcost.
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As housing is asignificantcost, this variation creates a noticeable difference.
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Partially or fully automating some of the processes involved in e-commerce will bring aboutsignificantcostsavings.
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This lack of flexibility has asignificantcost, as shown in the table.
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Our second feeding experiment provided direct evidence that there was asignificantcostto female ticks in being the last to complete feeding.
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At the same time, this density is also one of the mostsignificantcost-increasing factors, suggesting the presence of supply-induced demand.
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This represented the mostsignificantcostsaving during the project.
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The new treatment produces statisticallysignificantcostsavings even for the shortest time frame (6 months).
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Well-designed inter faces improve the per formance of users and thus result insignificantcostsavings.
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We observed asignificantcostdifference between the treatment groups using the nonparametric test, with higher combined costs for those initially randomized to counseling.
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However, there would obviously besignificantcostimplications if this time saving were replicated in all outpatient clinics throughout the hospital: a savings of approximately £40,000 per annum.
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Establishing a better understanding of motivations of other components may incursignificantcost(in terms of computation and communication), and would also primarily be an estimate at best.
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Significantcostsavings will not arise until progress towards a permanent peace justifies permanent withdrawals.
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I propose to issue the report with a covering circular commending to health authorities those recommendations which have nosignificantcostimplications.
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It took effect last week, and it has certainly been implemented without inordinate orsignificantcost.
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This was repaired immediately at nosignificantcost.
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