In such facilities, electrical power problems can have very costly consequences, costing millions of dollars (U.S.) per minutes.

And it can be a costly consequence for jockeys working in an industry with a reputation for hard living.

- but one that could have profound and costly consequences, even though the law carries no penalties.

In addition, misclassification of an individual as an independent contractor may have a number of costly legal consequences.

Other details, however, can carry costly consequences if overlooked.

Although preventive efforts avert serious diseases and their costly consequences, the saving is often offset by dramatic rises in use of those services.

He was less convincing in addressing the potentially costly consequences of a war against that country.

At the same time, we have to bear in mind that an undesirable occurrence such as this has very costly economic consequences.

Some protocols, including Paxos, are able to tolerate incorrect failure suspicions without any costly consequence.

On those timescales, unforeseen events are a certainty, with hugely costly consequences.