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costly project

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meanings of costlyand project


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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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Examples of costly project


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It is a costlyproject and there are more urgent demands upon the funds available.
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Hansard archive

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It goes without saying that this is a weighty and costlyproject but also a necessary one.
Why move into an extremely costlyproject at the very time when the public finances began to dip into the red?
As we say in the report, a reopening would be a costlyproject.
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Hansard archive

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Recurrent annual expenditure of about £130,000 makes this relatively a very costlyproject.
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It is a complicated and costlyproject, estimated to cost £4·04 million.
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It is a costlyproject and 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 and costlyproject.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
But there is also good reason to warn that we risk digging ourselves into an incredibly costly project which may not give the results we are justifiably hoping for.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
A previously proposed costlyproject that would have replaced the underground cables is no longer necessary.
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Wikipedia

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This very costlyproject was 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 the costlyproject.
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I mentioned in another context the belated abandonment of costly projects.
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Hansard archive

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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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