There was no expense cost. Perfect field trip.

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

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

This means that the developed countries that lend the SDRs would incur no interest expense and no responsibility for repayment. There are some serious technical problems involved in offsetting the interest income against the interest expense, particularly in the United States, but the net effect would be a wash.

(d) Contribution and expense flows

We can no longer get away with subsidizing economic growth and standards of living at the expense of the global environment.

I traveled at my own expense.

Wadad Halwani They reconciled at our expense

And whatever expense ye expend or whatever VOW ye vow , verily Allah knoweth it and for the wrong doers there will be no helpers .

And whatever expense ye expend or whatever VOW ye vow , verily Allah knoweth it and for the wrong doers there will be no helpers .

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

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

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.

The Spring and Autumn period led to a few states gaining power at the expense of many others, the latter no longer able to depend on central authority for legitimacy or protection.

1 No child shall exercise any risky work, or work which obstructs his her education or which is at the expense of his her health as well as physical or spiritual growth.

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

Had BP spilled hundreds of billions of barrels of bitumen across hundreds of square kilometers, environmentalists would rightly demand that no expense be spared to rid the dirt of every trace of oil.

This may be bad for the distribution of wealth and income, because it will enrich the creditor at the expense of the debtor, but there will be no net burden on future generations.

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.

Addressing global warming effectively requires long term innovation that makes green energy affordable to all. Until then, wasting enormous sums of money at the expense of the world s poor is no solution at all.

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 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.

Clearly, Puerto Rico's ruling class had no intention to change the colonial character of the relationship with the United States, because that situation allowed them to realize profits at the expense of the Puerto Rican people.

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

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

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

That may entail some expense in the short term, but with dividends in the long run.

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

In both cases, the effective protection of human subjects should receive much higher priority, thereby justifying the modest added expense, which probably would amount to no more than 1 2 of the overall cost of clinical studies.

Specifically, Iraq argues that there is no evidence that the Security Council intended that Iraq is to be held liable for temporary damage to a natural resource that has been or will be restored at its expense.