Our natural colors portfolio has been designed to offer the best of everything — naturalness and superb appearance, but not at the expense of performance and functionality. (fb101.com)
You say «the premium placed upon conformation [is] at the expense of performance characteristics...» These are not, as you imply, mutually exclusive attributes. (si.com)
So to try and overemphasize our performance in Europe at the expense of performances in domestic competitions is arguing without perspective. (justarsenal.com)