It had always used powerful Sun workstations for such risk modeling, but it was getting too expensive.

FORBES: Sharing Power

Institutional buyers that had been considering moving into secondary or tertiary markets because they saw the ground firming under them and also felt that primary markets have been getting too expensive may be rethinking that move.

FORBES: It's Only a Market

People aren't using taxis anymore because it's too expensive, so we aren't getting any work.

NPR: Oil Rich Iraq Suffers Through Gasoline Shortage

At the time the consumer organisation Citizens Advice dubbed the sale of PPI policies a "protection racket", saying they were often too expensive and failed to provide the level of cover that customers thought they were getting.

BBC: Car dealers fined over insurance