Expense
in sentence
931 examples of Expense in a sentence
In large financial institutions, however, the incentive to gamble at taxpayers’
expense
does not apply only to managers; it extends to bondholders, who are de facto protected by the government.
Indeed, our research shows that when mutual-recognition agreements include restrictive rules of origin, intra-regional trade increases – at the
expense
of trade with other countries – and that developing countries tend to suffer most.
The reason Europeans are reluctant to increase defense spending is
expense.
The advent of digital “new media” was once heralded as a democratizing trend that would give ordinary people a measure of control over the “air waves,” at the
expense
of big companies or established institutions.
It makes little sense for the world to impoverish itself by embracing a poor solution to one problem when there are more pressing challenges that can be resolved at smaller
expense.
In each case, the overthrow of the corrupt leader has been followed by revelations about the lavish lifestyle he led at the
expense
of his people, many of whom were desperately poor.
Technological innovation and global market forces have produced a decisive shift in income toward capital and the upper 20% of the income distribution, often at the
expense
of middle-income groups, the unemployed, and the young.
In Moldova, citizens continue to protest a controversial electoral law that favors the country’s two largest political parties, at the
expense
of smaller movements.
But not at the
expense
of growth itself – and China plans to grow pretty fast.
The best-performing eurozone members, such as Germany, look good, but only in comparison; and their growth model is partly based on beggar-thy-neighbor policies, whereby success comes at the
expense
of erstwhile “partners.”
In fact, as Cameron’s speech made clear, his solution to his dilemma – to buy himself short-term peace from his critics at the
expense
of potentially making his (and Britain’s) problems more intractable in the long term – is hardly new.
Most likely, that something would come at China’s
expense.
Although the region’s leaders generally enjoy good relations with both countries, they fear that Russian military and Chinese economic dominance could lead to the rise a Sino-Russian condominium at their
expense.
Young people in rich countries fight to protect a social order that benefits their elders at their
expense
for two reasons.
Far from seizing on deregulation to improve their own profit margins, at the
expense
of consumers and communities, companies should be working hard to boost transparency.
Thus, Russia is denied access to new credits and has to make its scheduled payments at the
expense
of its currency reserves, so impeding the financing of internal growth and, as a result, the same cycle of problems is reproduced.
By contrast, if the threshold is set low enough to bring spreads down from panic levels, purchases will be more substantive, but at the
expense
of reducing considerably the effective haircut on private holders.
But that does not mean that we must become literally obsessed with terrorism at the
expense
of losing sight of broader historical challenges.
This was not only a gross violation of international law; it also directly contravened Russia’s oft-stated insistence that no country has the right to ensure its security at the
expense
of another.
Female oppression is a moral issue; but it also must be seen as a choice that countries make for short-term “cultural” comfort, at the
expense
of long-term economic and social progress.
SEATTLE – Every health-care system balances coverage, quality, and cost – often focusing on one or two at the
expense
of the others.
But, because China’s exchange rate and interest rates are inflexible, the CNH-CNY spread persists, and arbitragers are able to reap fat profits at the economy’s
expense.
With (mostly) United States-based academic journals reigning over global science, no one has to move to become part of a new brain drain, whereby scientists’ research priorities, problems, and methods gravitate to the dominant positivist epistemology, at the
expense
of all alternatives.
Whereas cutting greenhouse-gas emissions is necessary, the current generation of relatively inefficient renewables should not be deployed at the
expense
of the development of more cost-effective technology.
Indeed, most of cyberspace’s infrastructure was designed to ensure its interoperability and openness, often at the
expense
of security, which tends to limit usability.
When the US cut off trade with Iran, even close allies were only too ready to intensify theirs; when Germany recalled its ambassador from Tehran because Iran’s leaders had been implicated in a murder plot, some European partners grasped this opportunity to promote their business ties with Iran at Germany’s
expense.
But these gains have come at the
expense
of – and to some extent because of – industry rationalization and employment reductions.
The author Matthew Stewart agrees, arguing that, “the meritocratic class has mastered the old trick of consolidating wealth and passing privilege along at the
expense
of other people’s children.”
Merkel’s post-election agenda might still be very cautious, emphasizing medium-term fiscal consolidation for Germany and the eurozone as a whole at the
expense
of boosting employment and growth.
True, the New Economy is tough for those who sit on their backsides and live at the
expense
of stockholders or taxpayers.
Back
Next
Related words
Their
Would
Which
Other
Should
Countries
There
Interests
Growth
Could
People
Economic
Others
Often
Country
While
Financial
World
Great
About