The bad news is that there could well be much superfluous expense and effort in the meantime.

(d) Contribution and expense flows

Moreover, it is only a localized effort at rebalancing a global intellectual property (IP) regime that is tilted heavily toward pharmaceutical interests at the expense of social welfare.

The nature of the Internet allows a small group of religious deviants to influence a far wider group with little expense of money or effort (see annex V).

I traveled at my own expense.

Wadad Halwani They reconciled at our expense

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

Regrettably, the international community continued to favour high profile emergencies at the expense of less visible disasters that were far from the media or political spotlight, and where the brunt of the response and recovery effort was borne by the affected communities and countries.

There was no expense cost. Perfect field trip.

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

The main expense is medication and in case of surgical procedures, surgical supplies.

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

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

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

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.

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

To its difficulty and unpopularity another drawback to nation building must now be added its expense.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

We need a coherent transatlantic effort to engage this region, and NATO will be part of that effort.

State subsidies and transfers have boosted private incomes, but often at the expense of investment in transport, security, and utilities.

But these gains have come at the expense of and to some extent because of industry rationalization and employment reductions.

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.

Bailey needed to have a strength and a toughness that was not at the expense of her being womanly.

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

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

For example, if fuel costs (an expense account), are debited to stock (an asset account).

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

Or do you demand any wages from them so that they are burdened with expense ?

Or do you demand any wages from them so that they are burdened with expense ?

In addition, electronic commerce plays a part in reducing the expense of international trading activities.

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

And that his effort will be seen .

And that his effort will be seen .

Continuing the effort

A strong relationship with Russia need not come at the expense of relations with America and the West, and vice versa.

It won t succeed if some countries persistently run deficits and weaken their competitiveness at the expense of the euro s stability.

Why should we remain poor when a coveted product is plenty and mined at the expense of the locals' health