Whether cut backs, bankruptcy, mergers and / or acquisitions, these decisions can come at great personal cost not only to one's reputation but financially as well. (rogersinsurance.ca)
Six years ago, Alec Milius got out of the spy game after unbearably great personal cost. (bookbrowse.com)
I am often asked by pro-life activists — brave and often heroic souls who have for years and at great personal cost borne faithful witness to the Church's teaching — and frequently they ask with tears: «Why doesn't the bishop do something?» (firstthings.com)