considerable cost
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableandcost
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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cost
noun
uk/kɒst/us/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, or ...
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(Definition ofconsiderableandcostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofconsiderable cost
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Unfortunately, despite these systems for ensuring that children from families with limited resources are catered for, there remains a veryconsiderablecostto individual families.
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And it did so atconsiderablecostto its own financial position.
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Still, the marking phase adds aconsiderablecostto the copying algorithm and recently, work has been done to make copying without marking safer.
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Furthermore, surgical procedures and aftercare services occur at aconsiderablecost.
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He was naturally shy and reserved and avoided the limelight, sometimes atconsiderablecost.
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The other reason for caution, however, is theconsiderablecostto society that is entailed in switching to a new treatment.
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Farmers recognize this when they choose to re-sow poor stands, often atconsiderablecostin labour, materials and delayed sowing.
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Where present, however, these gains were achieved atconsiderablecost, and parastatals were often inefficient, ineffective monopolies and state organs of patronage and agricultural taxation.
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Theconsiderablecostof staging these events is met, in part, by sponsorship from local businesses, but also from parents, teachers and musicians.
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Also, if a minor change occurs the simulation must be rerun atconsiderablecost.
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To follow competitors down the low road, segmentalists would have been required, atconsiderablecost in terms of workplace harmony and efficiency, to violate their company-based moral economy.
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In those cases the danger that we get neither property may be ruled out, but at someconsiderablecostto the probability of getting both properties.
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