Example sentences of "[vb infin] at the expense of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an indefinitely long game , the important point is that we can both win at the expense of the banker , rather than at the expense of one another . |
| 2 | Most notably , ensuring that a few do not profit at the expense of the many and limiting foreign control of the economy are important concerns in Hungary , and will no doubt influence the law . |
| 3 | BUSINESSES will benefit at the expense of families from Norman Lamont 's Budget , claimed an analyst last night . |
| 4 | Against that , many of the pile-'em-high-and-sell-'em-cheap stores that took advantage of falling property prices to expand in Britain are convinced they can grow at the expense of existing supermarket chains even when good times return . |
| 5 | But did it necessarily grow at the expense of royal power ? |
| 6 | This meant that preparation for future ‘ learning ’ could occur at the expense of present understanding ; on the other hand , not to take notes , but to concentrate on the lecturer 's words , would prevent students from being able to learn the work later . |
| 7 | As with all 205s , the balance and steering response of the XS do n't come at the expense of an uncompromising ride . |
| 8 | The received wisdom that the imposition of stringent pollution controls will come at the expense of jobs is wholly wrong , according to a report by Professor David Pearce , adviser to the Environment Secretary . |
| 9 | However , because ‘ newly-born ’ micelles can only arise at the expense of the preexisting ones ( there is a finite amount of water in the system that must be shared between all the micelles ) , the average radius of the micelles decreases . |
| 10 | Only if sheep graze a combination of rough grassland and heather moor will the grassland slowly extend at the expense of moorland . |
| 11 | Even now I am looking through the chapter on the ‘ law ’ again : the question of colonial robbery ( p. 62 ) , ‘ the alienation … of the surplus product from all pre-socialist forms ’ ( p. 62 ) , ‘ the taxation of private capitalist profit ’ ( p. 64 ) , the question of state loans ( pp. 64–65 ) , currency emission ( p. 65 ) , railway tariffs ( p. 70 ) , the monopoly of the banking system and the credit policy ( pp. 70–73 ) , home and foreign trade ( pp. 73–84 ) , the ‘ prices policy ’ ( sic pp. 84–89 ) , and so on and so forth , with further argument on the theme that socialism is fighting against capitalism and in order to win it must accumulate at the expense of the private economy — and the more the better — this is the entire content of the work . |