Science is an expensive endeavor and engaging in it is often beyond the means of most ordinary people.

Soaring real estate prices, taxes and the associated costs of living in a tourist destination can be an expensive endeavor.

Not only is parenting an expensive endeavor, it can be a dirty job, too.

In the not-too-distant past, counterfeiting was a difficult and expensive endeavor.

That promises to be a prolonged and expensive endeavor for all the institutions involved.

Nor did I ever hear of anyone in government benefiting from these expensive endeavors.

Now, she describes the meeting as "the most expensive endeavor I was ever involved in that had no outcome."

"It would have been a very expensive endeavor on our part," Kathy Crew said.

And over all, it has been an expensive endeavor, with Magna losing $105 million in 2003.

College can be an expensive endeavor, even with scholarships and other kinds of financial aid.