I traveled at my own expense.

This is not just theory it is a lesson we learned, at great expense, during the Savings Loan crisis of the 1980 s.

Wadad Halwani They reconciled at our expense

It is because politicians are in the pockets of financial interests, they said, that the regulatory environment allowed those interests to reap huge rewards at great social expense.

Who doesn t enjoy a joke at the expense of politicians?

Such extraordinary fiscal largesse, all at taxpayers expense, cannot continue indefinitely.

If I walk into a store in the United States, it's very, very easy for me to buy water that's bottled in Fiji, shipped at great expense to the United States.

And labor hoarding was encouraged at the expense of productivity and profitability.

When they reconciled, they made up without us and at our expense.

Their priority is themselves at the expense of their people group members.

There is a great danger that the new Iraq s sectarian politics will benefit those who promise their constituents the most at the expense of the central government and the country s other factions.

Those at the top, in such cases, are enriched at the direct expense of those at the bottom.

As a result, mechanistic solidarity grows stronger at the expense of organic solidarity.

So its trade surplus continues to soar at the expense of other countries.

Great as they are, the costs are trivial in comparison to the expense of humanitarian aid, international military intervention, and reconstruction assistance.

Great Britain received parts of the West Indies at the expense of the Netherlands and Spain and kept the former Dutch colonies of Ceylon and the Cape Colony as well as Malta and Heligoland.

This comes largely at the expense of small farmers and consumers, particularly the poor.

Once pushing industrialization at the expense of agriculture, African leaders routinely ignored ordinary farmers.

The predominance of non proliferation concerns at the expense of disarmament must be addressed.

Much as Austria s alignment with Germany drove the Slavs to seek Russian patronage at the expense of imperial unity, European alignments with Russia drive the new members to seek US patronage at the expense of EU unity.

The share of income going to capital has been rising, at the expense of labor.

But not at the expense of growth itself and China plans to grow pretty fast.

But almost all changes in laws and regulations benefit some at the expense of others.

This has come at the expense of sectors that are more dependent on equity financing.

For over a century, the Yoruba state had expanded at the expense of its neighbors.

However, it appears that an indigent defendant cannot choose his own counsel at public expense.

The comment drew a few chuckles. Who doesn t enjoy a joke at the expense of politicians?

True, it was a shameful agreement conceived to appease the aggressor at the expense of Czechoslovakia.

Overemphasizing some human rights at the expense of others had led to selectivity and double standards.

With no limit, profligate countries could go on a spending spree at the expense of thriftier ones.

They can then decide for themselves, at their own expense, how much further treatment he should have.

Should Europeans have accused the US of manipulating the exchange rate to expand exports at its expense?

The automobile market was rescued in 2009 at the expense of sales in 2010 and subsequent years.

In 2008 2009, the influence of the G 20 grew, at the expense of the G 8.

Their lobbying, which is carried out at the expense of their companies, is subsidized by their shareholders.

But once they have staged their spectacles, at vast expense to the host country, they move on.

It was important to protect the family, but not at the expense of one of its members.

(d) Contribution and expense flows

They should also make clear that no regional deal can be made at the expense of Lebanon s sovereignty.

Eventually, the books must be balanced, and this will probably happen at the expense of future social spending.

Often left out in most reports, the haosgels provide a valuable service but often at their own expense.

However, increased spending on safety and security must not be at the expense of the Organization's other activities.

The breakfast that we eat as we sit down to check our email in the morning is still transported at great distances, usually at the expense of the local, more resilient food systems that would have supplied that in the past, which we've so effectively devalued and dismantled.

Each country may also be tempted by protectionist measures, trying to preserve domestic jobs at the expense of imports.

The chairman of a board must serve the interests of the company often at the expense of its competitors.