Example sentences of "are [vb pp] at [art] expense " in BNC.
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| 1 | My only complaint is that , all too often , these skills are taught at the expense of those natural artistic and creative abilities the child may possess . |
| 2 | The syuzhet creates a defamiliarizing effect on the fabula ; the devices of the ryuzhet are not designed as instruments for conveying the fabula , but are foregrounded at the expense of the fabula . |
| 3 | This evidence is not sufficient to suggest that low rates of sudden deaths in Bangladeshi infants are achieved at the expense of high neonatal mortality . |
| 4 | Hence we have to adjust our expectations and , rather than blaming others for preventing resolution , accept that some goals are achieved at the expense of others . |
| 5 | This voluntary scheme , which gives general practitioners control over budgets to cover prescriptions , specialist outpatient consultations , and elective surgical procedures for their patients , has been embraced with enthusiasm by some general practitioners , but others have been concerned that it could encourage the development of a ‘ two tier ’ service , in which the advantages gained by fundholders for their patients are achieved at the expense of patients in other practices . |