Example sentences of "could only [be] [verb] at the " 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 | Above all , a ban on strikes is dangerous as it could only be implemented at the cost of Mr Gorbachev 's package of political reforms . |
| 3 | He writes : I was now convinced , after the stubborn to-and-fro contest for every foot of ground which had continued throughout the whole of April , that although we had more than once changed our methods of attack , a decisive success at Verdun could only be assured at the price of heavy sacrifices , out of all proportion to the desired gains . |
| 4 | Such actions could only be activated at the request of the immediate lord 's vassal and the notion of French royal sovereignty remained largely theoretical and judicial throughout this period . |
| 5 | A major new endowment for Gloucester could only be achieved at the expense of existing interests , and this was politically unacceptable . |
| 6 | A major new endowment for Gloucester could only be achieved at the expense of existing interests , and this was politically unacceptable . |
| 7 | He told Aenarion that he would be accursed if he drew the weapon , that such power was too great for any mortal being , and it could only be bought at the price of Aenarion 's immortal soul . |
| 8 | Expansionary monetary and fiscal policies could only be bought at the expense of higher inflation rates . |