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Meanings of great expense in English

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Usage of great expense in English
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They cannot venture where rail-layers have not been first, at great expense.
Anno Dracula
2
But this is on account of the great expense of the former.
The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It
3
The state therefore at great expense provided free education for the people.
Equality
4
The armed force has always been a matter of very great expense.
The Navy as a Fighting Machine
5
The Jesuits had prepared at a great expense a shipment for Quebec.
The Makers of Canada: Champlain
6
Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
7
But, Uncle Jacob, I have already put you to too great expense.
Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret
8
It's school property, created at great expense to help you train your students.
Masked
9
You've obviously gone to some great expense. He made eye contact with Kate.
The flock
10
The building of such a tunnel meant labor and great expense.
The Rim of the Desert
11
After that, an MBA can't hurt, although it comes at a great expense.
Reuters
12
The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
13
At rather great expense and with devious skullduggery engineered by your Lady Lasthenia.
Daughters of the Nile
14
They burn coal spirit, which they bring in at great expense.
The golden compass
15
At great expense to the magazine, I had flown out to Los Angeles.
The new yorker
16
He has put in a substantial stone dam at great expense.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885
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