Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [prep] the expense " in BNC.
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| 1 | The music of the words is there to be used — but not at the expense of the sense and emotional content . |
| 2 | A way must be found of ending their practices , but not at the expense of the Constitution . |
| 3 | ‘ The whole organisation is under pressure to deliver ’ , acknowledged Rowlands ‘ We want to maximise profits , but not at the expense of the game ’ . |
| 4 | It 's great to see that people are more aware of right-wing politics and the problems its supporters can cause , but not at the expense of all skinheads . |
| 5 | Traditions and rituals are important , but not at the expense of efficient and exciting government . |
| 6 | Requests which arise after off-duty rosters are complete should be dealt with sympathetically but not at the expense of patients or other staff . |
| 7 | Skill in sexual activity is a desirable attribute , but not at the expense of physical abandonment . |
| 8 | Now when interest charges fall , the person who is buying the house benefits from the reduction in interest charges , but the person who is renting a house in local authority and then in this case nobody , nobody else in Harlow to rent it from , is faced with , not with a decreased monthly rental , but with an ever increasing one because as more and more Council houses are sold the cost of maintaining that there , the superstructure of the town , the cost of maintaining Council houses goes on increasing and so the burden is laid on the tenants and the tenant can find , will find himself that pound for pound increasing his rent while the house owner is decreasing his mortgage charges and at the end of the day the tenant is paying increased rent , increased rate and with nothing to show for it , erm , I 've always been in favour of a sale , of , of property er owner occupiers , but not at the expense of the people who can not afford to be owner occupiers , ah , to my mind , the present housing system is designed to maintain the existing class structure because even with the large discounts that one gets and nobody 's ever yet convinced me that why you should get a discount because you buy a Council house , but if you buy one privately owned you ca n't get a discount and it , there 's , this , this is so utter nonsense , but it is throwing a much heavier burden every time a house is sold on the remaining houses which are for rent , and so you that , although the idea is to make it a classless this society with more and more people owning their own properties the mo the mere fact that the majority of people in the town can not afford to buy even the reduced priced Council house , is an example that the , the system , the class system a division by income still exists . |
| 9 | Wickets are important , but not at the expense of a high run rate . |
| 10 | But not at the expense of the environment and the living conditions of this and future generations . |
| 11 | County councillor Ray Flowers ( Lab ) said yesterday that whatever needed to be done would be done to make sure the bus service continues , but not at the expense of safety . |
| 12 | We are not interested in the collapse of this government , we 're interested in the stability of Nicaragua , but not at the expense of the worker 's interests . |