Modifying Another Word

• prohibitively: Other types of CD printers can be prohibitively expensive.

• too: Four people sharing a hire car wouldn't be too expensive either.

Infinitive complement

• administer: The Council Tax is also extraordinarily expensive to administer.

• ensure: A number of pedigree dogs are also more expensive to ensure, .

• buy: There are no anti-retrovirals at the clinic, they are just too expensive to buy.

• maintain: Whatever you think Alan, a " real " piano is much more expensive to maintain.

• install: Cooling systems are expensive to install, maintain and run, and in context of climatic change, their emissions are not environmentally friendly.

• implement: Worse, legislation governing surveillance differs from country to country, making policies complex and expensive to implement.

Modifies a noun

• mistake: We should not repeat the expensive mistakes made in 1999 over Kosovo.

• equipment: Expensive test equipment is NOT required, set up is a simple task using the LED's on the front panel.

• litigation: There will inevitably be considerable expensive litigation on this subject, tying up local authority legal departments, and using up resources.

• item: Expensive items of jewelry should be left at home.

• luxury: On the contrary, wings, and especially the massive breast muscles needed to power them, are an expensive luxury.

• option: They also show that choosing fairtrade diamonds doesn't have to be a more expensive option either.

Used with adjective complement

• prove: However this service can prove expensive in the long term.

• seem: Seemed expensive - but hassle-free - they came when they said.

• become: In fact, it reputedly became even more expensive than an entirely new serial.

• deem: During periods of high prices, some forms of cover may be unavailable, or it may be deemed too expensive by the insured.

• isnít: The best thing about Health and safety consultant is that it isnít expensive to rent.

Preposition: in

• comparison: That a realistic charge for single MP3 files would make the music outrageously expensive in comparison with our CD publications.