Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] at the expense " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another thing , sociology would seem to be saying that those who have wealth and do well do so at the expense of the poor unfortunate . |
| 2 | If a meme is to dominate the attention of a human brain , it must do so at the expense of ‘ rival ’ memes . |
| 3 | The firm which wishes to increase its market share in a static market must do so at the expense of its competitors . |
| 4 | They say that if they create Regional Government they will do so at the expense of National Government and not Local Government , but that is n't true because Mister has already said that erm strategic services such as passenger transport will b will be handed over to regions and if that goes obviously fire , police and strategic planning will be lost to us . |
| 5 | There is nothing but House and Seven , hence the House can grow only at the expense of the Seven . |
| 6 | One party can only do well at the expense of another , in competition for resources , recognition etc . |
| 7 | For example , they may coexist in a " stable diglossia " ( Ferguson 1959 ) — with a strict differentiation of function between the " high " and " low " languages , or one may decline steadily at the expense of the other . |
| 8 | As resource allocation is a ‘ zero sum game ’ ( that is , authorities can gain only at the expense of others ) it seems essential to be able to explain why different formulas produce different results in terms other than the composition of the formulas . |
| 9 | ‘ Authorities can gain only at the expense of others . |
| 10 | However , such a transfer can happen only at the expense of the central authority . |