Example sentences of "at the price " in BNC.
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| 1 | The historical progression that has led to this can , at the price of great oversimplification , be seen as follows . |
| 2 | Last week , the Estonian Parliament compromised on both fronts — but only at the price of jeopardising the alliance between nationalists and the republic 's Communist Party which has hitherto allowed Estonia so nimbly to sidestep a decisive confrontation with Moscow . |
| 3 | Choke up at The Price Of Fame : ‘ I give ‘ em everything and they stick a knife in my back . ’ |
| 4 | With Britain 's security in its greatest peril , American support was bought at the price of much of Britain 's long-developed overseas economic power . |
| 5 | Often , I would n't bother to try things on — I 'd look at the price tag and think ‘ I 've got to have this , ’ especially if I thought it was a ‘ bargain ’ I might not see again . |
| 6 | Most analysts are surprised at the price which CSR paid for the American ARC operations . |
| 7 | The point you want to arrive at , is getting what you want at the price you can afford . |
| 8 | But today for the first time she was certain that even in Paul 's presence she would find the courage to say what she wanted , what she really wanted , in the depth of her soul ; she was certain that she would find this courage even at the price of ruining everything between them . |
| 9 | The issue will be whether the new government will have the courage to face the problems and introduce the harsh measures which will perhaps be required , at the price , it may be , of its own popularity . |
| 10 | Last January students at Tashkent University rioted , ostensibly in protest at the price rises that followed President Boris Yeltsin 's reforms in Russia . |
| 11 | Other wines difficult to beat at the price include three wonderfully good dry whites from Hungary that I 'll be writing about later . |
| 12 | The Peugeot ‘ seemed best at the price . ’ |
| 13 | MacTaggart and Mickels 's showpiece , Broom Estate in Newton Mearns , included bungalows with loggias , a word unfamiliar to Glaswegians in general , but obviously a bargain at the price . |
| 14 | The 1908 Rules point out that the return fare to Henley is available at the price of a ‘ single , plus a quarter , on the club member personally presenting his membership card , properly signed , to the booking clerk at a Great Western Railway Station ’ . |
| 15 | Certainly the importance of such roles , and the strengths won from them , need to be taken seriously ; but not at the price of romanticization . |
| 16 | Israel has proved highly successful at achieving regional predominance in association with the United States but this has been at the price of increasing economic and military dependence on its outside patron . |
| 17 | If I could have any day of my life over again , at the price of my right arm , it would be that day ! |
| 18 | While life expectancy has extended , it appears to have been at the price of a longer period and a greater proportion of life being spent in chronic sickness . |
| 19 | ‘ In prayer we are gradually hollowed out to become more ‘ capax Dei ’ ’ ( capacity for God ) , said Maria Boulding , and someone pastoring others will be only too aware of the need to receive even at the price of felt ( and often uncomfortable ) emptiness . |
| 20 | As an investment for the future they are cheap at the price , |
| 21 | Capitalist society … can maintain a relative equilibrium only at the price of painful crises ; the adaptation of the various parts of the social organism to each other and to the whole can be achieved only with a colossal waste of energy . |
| 22 | For my money , and at the time of writing ( things can change rapidly ) this deck represents the cutting edge in compact disc reproduction at the price — an important caveat . |
| 23 | As it was , I was cheap at the price . |
| 24 | At the price it is , the sooner I can find a buyer for it the happier I 'll be . ’ |
| 25 | He wanted to go back home in one piece — but not at the price of buying a drink for a bully and coward . |
| 26 | Hints at the price we 'd have to pay |
| 27 | Whoever farms the land in question may very well want the rabbits disposed of — but not at the price of constant disturbance of his land and perhaps at the risk of the well-being of the game shooting . |
| 28 | I would n't expect it to compete for the funnel-web spider ‘ small but deadly ’ award in the same way that a Mesa Boogie .22 could , but look at the price difference and you 'll appreciate why . |
| 29 | His last campaign , in 1845 , fought with pamphlet and sonnet , was against the projected Kendal and Windermere Railway , which would have brought tourists into the Lake District at the price of wrecking the scenery . |
| 30 | Despite the technical sophistication of the shoes , a range which starts at the price of £46.99 may still have trouble finding new converts . |