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The marginal cost of shale-oil production (the
expense
of continuing to pump an existing well) varies from $55 to $70 per barrel.
In fact, there is a serious risk that these bailouts will come at the
expense
of Eastern Europe.
Of course, the reduction of SLCPs should not come at the
expense
of efforts to cut CO2 emissions.
Obviously, companies within the same industry are in direct competition with each other, and gains in market share by one tend to come at the
expense
of competitors.
Higher oil prices tend to erode production discipline in OPEC, particularly by members (such as Nigeria and Venezuela) that have historically rushed to secure higher revenues to mitigate difficult budgetary conditions, at the
expense
of their peers (such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates).
Similarly, college administrators who want to move their institutions up in the US News and World Reports rankings have made unwise decisions, such as investing in extravagant gyms at the
expense
of academics.
Unless they step up, they risk lending credence to Trump’s reckless claims that the Europeans are merely free riders, exploiting an “outdated” alliance at the
expense
of American taxpayers.
But encouraging labor-intensive industries, which create jobs for the poor, must not be at the
expense
of capital-intensive industries.
Protestants in Latin America accounted for only 2.2% of the population in 1900, but 16.4% in 2010, with growth coming mainly at the
expense
of Catholics, whose population share fell from 90.4% to 82.3%.
More importantly, in some places, hydrate fields are vast but dilute, and extraction would be similar to mining a very low-grade ore-not worth the trouble and
expense.
At first glance, it may seem that France chose NATO at the
expense
of the ten-year-old European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP).
And Iran’s reformers also risk losing political ground to their hardline rivals, who can be expected to adopt an iron-fisted approach to security, at the
expense
of Rouhani’s gradual loosening of restrictions.
Private health insurance is generally provided by employers, which is encouraged by treating employer payments for health insurance as a tax-deductible business
expense
while not including the value of that insurance as taxable income to employees.
According to Xi, countries should “refrain from pursuing their own interests at the
expense
of others.”
The political temptation is always there to resort to inappropriate monetary expansions that bring temporary relief at the
expense
of harming longer-term growth.
On the contrary, such a refusal “should be considered an acceptance of the human condition, or a wish to avoid the application of a medical procedure disproportionate to the results that can be expected, or a desire not to impose excessive
expense
on the family or the community.”
National support for one group should not mean oppression of others, or come at their
expense.
But these funds proved insufficient, prompting the European Central Bank to step in with unlimited guarantees for Southern Europe’s creditors, all at the
expense
of eurozone taxpayers.
Of course, short-term investment and economic growth cannot come at the
expense
of medium-term social development and job creation or long-term sustainability and stability.
The
expense
is not only huge; it is also growing – at 6.5% per year, almost twice the rate of global economic growth and almost as fast as information and telecommunication services.
For most, the curriculum is largely obsolete, and skewed toward rote learning of theory at the
expense
of basic analytical and critical-thinking skills.
In a democracy, the rights of the many cannot come at the
expense
of the rights of the few.
The United States cannot sustain the current rate of casualties (either American or Iraqi), or the
expense.
I don’t want to create the impression that by shifting into gold, emerging markets would somehow benefit at the
expense
of advanced economies.
It is equally important to ensure that any deal between Russia and the US does not come at Europe’s
expense.
He accused the Luxembourg judges of grabbing ever-greater competences at the
expense
of the member states and urged the Constitutional Court to invalidate several controversial ECJ rulings.
While research on adult-derived stem cells should be pursued aggressively, it should not be at the
expense
of an aggressive program to explore the full potential of stem cells for use in human therapies.
It took years for subordinates in an industry or locality to succeed in this de-facto conspiracy at the
expense
of their masters, but succeed they did.
But almost all changes in laws and regulations benefit some at the
expense
of others.
One is that the bondholders of insolvent banks are being protected at the
expense
of taxpayers for fear of provoking a financial crisis.
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