Example sentences of "[be] at the expense " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were they , because of their political pull within soccer 's international body , to be seeded , then that would be at the expense of England . |
| 2 | It also states that while Labour might achieve a modest reduction in unemployment through its job training schemes , it would be at the expense of higher inflation and a weaker current account , and would still leave unemployment stuck at just under three million for two years . |
| 3 | Indeed , a single success if it is too costly in terms of time , commitment , motivation or any other resource , may be at the expense of future changes — and we may be seeing some evidence of this at the moment in terms of the reactive stance of large parts of the service . |
| 4 | Since the Crown could not afford an absolute loss of revenue , it is clear that this expansion of the waste had to be at the expense of society . |
| 5 | But , since this will be at the expense of their own republican or provincial governments , it is doubtful whether it will be regarded as a significant incentive . |
| 6 | But structure it too heavily and the gain in increased remembering will be at the expense of a diminishing sense of personal involvement at any particular moment when we do remember . |
| 7 | And it might easily be at the expense of tone if it was . |
| 8 | The overriding aim is to increase the value of the reports by providing more information , but this should not be at the expense of clarity . |
| 9 | Such a positive-sum game must be contrasted with a zero-sum game in which the game to some can only be at the expense of others . |
| 10 | ‘ But weeding out false claims should not be at the expense of prejudicing genuine claims . ’ |
| 11 | There is little doubt that some of the 700 million dollars would be at the expense of others and some practitioners of ‘ small ’ science , whose projects can sink or swim on fluctuations of tens of thousands of dollars , see calls for 700 million with less than total enthusiasm . |
| 12 | If survivors into the ninth and tenth decades of their lives are to be adequately served , it must be at the expense of younger generations . |
| 13 | For Dohnányi 's Don Juan , Christopher Raeburn secures a typical Decca balance — lean and bright but well distanced , with plenty of brass and horns ( though this can be at the expense of the stings as in the opening bars ) . |
| 14 | The point of which is that , with a limited pool of capital , any increase for one must be at the expense of another . |
| 15 | But this policy of buying time should not be at the expense of those young people who are currently losing out at school . |
| 16 | Gray and Jenkins ( 1986 ) conclude that while the FMI has enhanced the status and operation of certain aspects of financial management , notably those relating to the management of costs , this has tended to be at the expense of the integration of strategic management and even of accountability itself . |
| 17 | The accepted explanation was that the capitalist system of production was based on selfishness since only some in the community could prosper , as their prosperity had to be at the expense of others . |
| 18 | Fund accounting is merely one more attempt by accountants to report on a complex reality more sensitively ; although this seems inevitably to be at the expense of general understandability . |
| 19 | Erm so if we gained it would be at the expense of Northallerton erm and when I , I made this point , well I did n't make this point I , I made the point about York being under-resourced because |
| 20 | Any extra given to one spending department must be at the expense of another spending department . |
| 21 | An improvement in one area might easily be at the expense of another . |
| 22 | Does he further appreciate that , throughout Ayrshire , people recognise that any additional assets that are poured into the South Ayrshire hospitals to make them work will be at the expense of the national health service in the rest of Ayrshire ? |
| 23 | But he fears it could be at the expense of star turn Byrne . |
| 24 | The use of sponsors ' logos should not be at the expense of the prominence of the HCIMA logo ; |
| 25 | Apart from the inpatient waiting list initiative no extra resources were released for meeting the Charter standards , but meeting the standard for outpatient clinics may be at the expense of seeing fewer patients and a lengthening list for a first appointment . |
| 26 | Their success appeared to be at the expense of the traditional parties , notably the ruling Socialists . |
| 27 | If the court directs , such proof must be at the expense in costs of the party who has not admitted the facts in question . |
| 28 | She believes that any benefit to the environment will be at the expense of poorer households . |
| 29 | The fear is that if one club does manage to forge ahead , it will be at the expense of the other . |
| 30 | And I ca n't help thinking that we might end up with a sort of repeat of the sort of situation that 's occurred at Octavius Atkinson site which is erm mentioned in the erm the paper tabled this morning , whereby er a sort of market-led approach which puts a lot of pressure on the local authorities may be at the expense of the planning-led approach to erm deciding where development should most appropriately go . |