Example sentences of "[det] at the expense " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marriage is one of the elements which leads to the formation and the maintenance of the inequality between classes and it does this at the expense of women . |
| 2 | Capitalism is a system of producing profit and gain for a few at the expense of others . |
| 3 | Ensuring to all an equal ability to realize their conception of the good is more likely to require acting in a non-neutral way , acting to improve the ability of some at the expense of others . |
| 4 | Functionalists fail to acknowledge that social institutions do not operate ‘ magically ’ in the interests of all but frequently work to the benefit of some at the expense of others . |
| 5 | Mr Gordon added : ‘ Quotas were never intended to benefit some at the expense of others . |
| 6 | Far from quietly helping one another at the expense of the banker , they do one another down . |
| 7 | In so far as the Interludium is amusing , up to this point and beyond it , the humour is very much at the expense of the clerk . |
| 8 | Junior creditors got just over half , and preference shareholders the rest — all at the expense of senior creditors . |
| 9 | foster a glib superficiality , a " literary culture " too like that of those milieux of which the frequenters cultivate quickness in the uptake , knowingness about the latest market-quotations , and an impressive range of reference , all at the expense of real intelligence and disinterested understanding or interest in anything but kudos . |
| 10 | It is impossible to prove that the rivalries thus engendered endured , or that the king subsequently failed to impose himself on his major followers , favouring some individuals at the expense of others , and allowing his officials to get out of hand , all at the expense of national unity . |
| 11 | A sociological perspective implies exploring the relationship between what is perceived as ‘ good ’ ( or ‘ healthy ’ ) and ‘ bad ’ ( or ‘ unhealthy ’ ) , rather than focussing exclusively on the latter at the expense of the former . |
| 12 | At first sight , this seems to be an attractive move : holding hearings behind closed doors has led to accusations that the Institute is protecting its own at the expense of the public interest . |
| 13 | But if we do that at the expense of other vital interests … we will have made a mistake . ’ |