be on the expensive side

The stores tend to be on the expensive side.

Who cares if London's hotels and restaurants tend to be on the expensive side?

It is on the expensive side but the freshness and quality of the ingredients far outweigh the cost!

However, the cost of surgery is on the expensive side and can typically run up to $35,000 in the US.

No, I've always found Tesco to be on the expensive side.

Although it is on the expensive side to attend this event, it is definitely worth your money.

Where to Stay Accommodations in Stockholm are on the expensive side, but otherwise quite acceptable.

"Goldman isn't going to put money into something that they think is on the expensive side," said Ken Shibusawa, an investment adviser in Tokyo.

But, at $940,000 - a price reduction after several months listed at $975,000 - it was on the expensive side because it needed extensive repair.

Dishes are on the expensive side, but a dinner salad of seared tuna and shrimp over greens with wild rice and red peppers ($17.75) is a full and delicious meal.

This trendy, dimly lit pizzeria in Palermo, with brick walls and high beamed ceilings, is on the expensive side, but the lunchtime menu ejecutivo is a great deal.

We looked at the ratio back to 1950, and found a much larger normal range, one in which the current level was on the expensive side when interest rates were close to their current level.

Many of the better restaurants are on the expensive side, with main courses $25 and up, partly because of the cost of trucking ingredients down 106 miles of slow, mostly two-lane roads, causeways and bridges.

I cannot deny that they are a bit chewy or that porcini, which the French know as cèpes, are on the expensive side, but what they add in the way of flavour and texture is worth every penny.

It is possible to get a modestly priced meal, but restaurants tend to be on the expensive side, with dinner for two, a glass or two of wine and tip (a number of restaurants add a gratuity of 15 percent) easily running more than $100.

In the Euro countries, few shops and hotels accept foreign currencies such as the US dollar and the British Pound; those that do tend to cater specifically to foreign travellers and will probably be on the expensive side; they may apply bad exchange rates or charge a commission.

Furthermore, it is important for an annual check to be carried out by a breast specialist and a free echography performed, without the need for invasive examinations such as mammographies or CAT scans , which still subject patients to radiation and are practices which are on the expensive side for national health services.