That has made it too prohibitive for companies to sell bonds offshore.

But the cost of such a venture was too prohibitive to be practical.

When they wanted to expand, they found the costs and commitments of opening a second bricks-and-mortar business too prohibitive.

It says cost of keeping a news team in London following the Olympics, which finished in August, was too prohibitive.

The costs of marshaling troops, feeding them, sending them off to foreign lands-orworse, defending your own borders and lands-wastoo prohibitive.

The spokesperson said Woori had stopped providing virtual account services last month as the costs of using a real-name transaction system were too prohibitive.