Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the expense " in BNC.

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1 However , his relations with his tenants were never happy , because while Lowther believed his town and harbour should be developed largely at the expense of the inhabitants , with modest financial encouragement from himself , he could never bring himself to make those concessions of self-government which might have persuaded his tenants to co-operate .
2 It says Windows NT revenue will be won primarily at the expense of proprietary systems — which will slip from 29% to 22% revenue market share — and other network operating systems such as OS/2 .
3 It says Windows NT revenue will be won primarily at the expense of proprietary systems — which will slip from 29% to 22% revenue market share — and other network operating systems such as OS/2 .
4 This demand must not be built up at the expense of the core scientific activity of the Garden , however .
5 However , it must be recognised that at the current level of terrorist threat , full accompaniment of all patrols could be achieved only at the expense of aborting necessary anti-terrorist operations with a consequent increase in terrorist activity .
6 to be published along with the expense claims ?
7 Yes , to be published along with the expense claims .
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