Example sentences of "[noun pl] at the [noun pl] ' expense " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prince 's remarks follow massive public anxiety over the Duchess of York 's jetsetting antics at the taxpayers ' expense . |
| 2 | BOOS AT THE BREWERS ' EXPENSE |
| 3 | They thus obtain status and other ‘ psychological ’ benefits at the shareholders ' expense , and increase their rewards from office in a more tax-efficient way than through regular remuneration . |
| 4 | Because the polls , and therefore the program , are likely to shortchange the minor parties , and because the minor parties are most likely to make gains at the Conservatives ' expense , the program is liable to project somewhat too high a level of Tory parliamentary support . |
| 5 | The market for control may be seen from this perspective , therefore , as having a negative side-effect in so far as it gives shareholders an opportunity to make unfair gains at the employees ' expense . |
| 6 | Another way of putting it , and this may be the section 's true significance , is that the section provides the directors with a defence in the event of their making a decision that favours the employees at the shareholders ' expense . |