Example sentences of "only be [vb pp] at the expense " in BNC.
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| 1 | The efficiency of government could only be increased at the expense of its popularity ; the more corrupt and less efficient the government , the more acceptable it was to creole merchants and landowners . |
| 2 | A major new endowment for Gloucester could only be achieved at the expense of existing interests , and this was politically unacceptable . |
| 3 | A major new endowment for Gloucester could only be achieved at the expense of existing interests , and this was politically unacceptable . |
| 4 | When such adjustments are made , the Phillips curve apparently gives the policy-maker a choice between employment and stable prices ; more of one can only be gained at the expense of the other . |
| 5 | Mr Lenarduzzi 's sleep is also disturbed by the thought that the interests of the nation may only be served at the expense of local needs or , indeed , that purely academic considerations might distort the wider implications of a proper education . |
| 6 | Expansionary monetary and fiscal policies could only be bought at the expense of higher inflation rates . |
| 7 | It should not be felt that selling overseas is such a specialist and complex area that the uninitiated must for ever be excluded , or that membership can only be purchased at the expense of having very costly specialist services . |