Sentences with phrase «at the great expense of»

But such «proofs,» such exaltations, came at the great expense of adopting, continuing, and extolling a view of nature we have come to realize as ultimately destructive.

This in moderation can be helpful, but not at the great expense of classroom time on higher learning and student engagement.

Not only did those formats become obsolete, but in most cases, consumers had to replace their old collections with the new format at great expense of either money or time and effort.

Bucky Fuller, who was one of Bill's sponsors at that time, told me a couple of years ago that he had written 30 letters of recommendation to the Guggenheim Foundation over the years at a great expense of time and thought and that not one of his applicants had received a grant.

Not exact matches

Local forestry veteran Tony Jack has accused receiver McGrathNicol of using his bid for the collapsed Great Southern timber schemes to find a better deal for the bank creditors at the expense of out - of - pocket investors.

On one hand, marijuana sales boosted by consumer enthusiasm and holiday spirit are great for distributors of cannabis, who are already swimming in profits, but come at the expense of general employers who may notice their workforce is inexplicably missing in mass or notably less productive on April 20.

«All of this great work in iOS 10 would be meaningless if it came at the expense of your privacy,» he said on stage at the event in San Francisco.

«New business is great, but it shouldn't come at the expense of our water and air,» Clean Wisconsin said on Facebook.

For far too many fellow entrepreneurs, maximization occurs on the «front side» and the financial vector only: A great company has been built and genuine wealth created but at the clear expense of the «back end.»

Working hard is a great way to impact the world, to learn, to grow, to feel accomplished, and sometimes even to find happiness, but it becomes a problem when you do so at the expense of the people closest to you.

Even with this adjustment, we believe that the outlook for direct program expenses in the outer years is understated, putting the achievement of a balanced budget over the medium term at even greater risk.

Businesses focused on optimizing what has worked for years at the expense of the future will create ever - greater risk for their owners, employees, and customers.

It felt great to stay in the cocoon, but at the expense of actively living.

«The large mobile carriers have spent billions of dollars over the past few years to secure spectrum for their own networks, which they've been building out at great expense.»

Instead of acquiring the knowledge you need over a long period of time and at great expense, you purchase it by purchasing a robot.

But at Apple, we believe a great customer experience shouldn't come at the expense of your privacy.»

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Reading how Mr. Buffett's life revolves around reading annual reports, papers, and trade journals, at the expense of spending time with his family, showed me how much work being a great investor takes.

The only increases have come from natural gas, and those largely at the expense of coal, which is in great part being replaced by gas in the generation of electric power.

These may have lessened the fall in Canadaâ $ ™ s corporate tax revenue losses, but not by much. Even worse, this tax shifting makes the overall net impact even more negative as any revenue gains from income shifting come at the expense of even greater revenue losses elsewhereâ $» and fuel a race to the bottom with tax cuts.

This potential does come at a higher cost, as the annual expenses of most active funds are generally greater than those of passively managed funds.

While the great tearing down of the world continues, we're seeing how people ** are doing horrible things to profit at everyone else's expense.

On a serious note, the instinct to take care of people is great, but not at the expense of the gospel.

I differ also from the various middle positions, which hold that there are some good things in this culture (like greater freedom for the individual), but that these come at the expense of certain dangers (like a weakening of the sense of citizenship), so that one's best policy is to find the ideal point of trade - off between advantages and costs.

They seem intent on destroying the US with unregulated immigration, pandering to those who do not belong here in the first place at the expense of the people who built this great nation.

«Mitigation» and control efforts that have been proposed will enrich a favored few with good political ties — at the expense of the great majority of mankind, including especially the poor and the citizens of developing nations.

the great novelist leans toward propaganda — even, as some conclude, at the expense of true art.

To this day, it is all neatly denied and the «Julie is crazy campaign» rocks on to rationalize bad behavior, but why else would six men (plus Danielle Shroyer) try so vehemently to have me silenced... even flying one of them «at great expense» to Minneapolis with the sole mission to get Julie locked up... flew the red eye to get that done... all that work to try and have a sane woman committed to rationalize an affair, and a rapid divorce?

Dislike it as we may, they have weathered the storms without splintering, but at the expense of loss of adherents and at great cost to people's well - being.

The US — at great expense and great risk — both maintains regional balances of powers and provides global public goods.

Jesus also heralds humility and particularly recommends this form of childlikeness for the great, especially church leaders, for they stand in the greatest danger of promoting their own self - worth at the expense of others.

I am quite certain that the great majority of people would, if need be, choose survival even at the expense of isolation and loneliness.

These churches can be beautifully constructed of the best materials at great expense.

In Israel's tradition it was assumed that great wealth was gathered at the expense of others in the community.

In the eyes of nostalgic Russians, Cuba is almost home territory, a last outpost of a lost Soviet empire that Putin is explicitly trying to reconstruct at great political expense and human cost.

At enormous expense, and with a great deal of commemorative and documentary redundancy, the anti-monumental 9/11 memorial and museum achieve precisely the opposite.

Each of our two great political coalitions has been captured by self - righteous factions that are empowering themselves at the expense of the country.

The cross of Christ reminds us that those who, by the grace of God, have received a welcome into the family of God at such great expense must now be willing to live like Christ.

In any case, there is a great risk of reducing the rich content of eschatology to a kind of instantaneousness of the present decision at the expense of the temporal, historical, communitarian, and cosmic aspects contained in the hope of the Resurrection.

Ironically, they are guaranteed the martyr's crown from the lips of Our Lord, but at the expense of all the vainglory they no doubt entertained when trying to establish their claim: «Anyone who wants to be great among you must be your servant, and anyone who wants to be first among you must be slave to all» (Mk 10, 44).

The Italian Nobel prize - winning playwright Dario Fo, author of Accidental Death of an Anarchist, has traced Grillo's emergence to a tradition going back in Italian culture to medieval times — of the giullari, or «jugglers,» strolling comics who went around trading in sarcasm, irony, ridicule, and stories at the expense of the great and powerful.

Someone's getting rich at the expense of small traditional family farms, as well as our health, and it seems like the greatest trick ever pulled was convincing these people that big business is looking after their best interests.

Success in one area often came at the expense of greater failure in another.

God has placed us in these places, but it's not at the expense of you guys — God is doing something great as well.»

Without getting into a great deal of song and dance about a side topic, I'll just say that I believe our GDP growth would explode as companies rushed to establish operational headquarters in the US, and the changes in the individual income tax codes would have a chilling effect on both the Wall Street money churners (people would be rewarded for going long with their investments instead of shuffling money around to chase pennies) and the out - of - control executive compensation at the expense of the long - term health of the company.

My last point and Im out... Throughout our great nations history... we always found a way to fight through national issues and come up with solutions... Giving the problems we have now to people in the 50's and 60's... and they may actually come up with a solution... if you earnestly care about making a change... start at the lowest levels of government... go do something... find out costs... expenses... how to get more health care to people... do things like that... quit waiting on the government to provide all the answers... its not the way this country was founded... and not the way we get through problems... If you or ur family does nt have insurance... get a job that can provide you that... instead of hoping the government will do so... If you or ur family lacks access to education... move to an area that excels at it... education is invaluable... Do something about your problem... and quit waiting for the next big lotto...

Each person has within himself the potential for great evil, and many people choose to be wicked, which always ends up being at the expense of someone else.

There is nothing wrong with loving our country and wanting great things for it, as long as that desire does not come at the expense of other needy people.

Instead, the defender pulls his arm back and accepts that to be the canvas of great art, even at the expense of his individuality, is much better than the purposeless existence of most humans.

And now that Liverpool or Spurs might make it at the expense of us, now its the greatest achievement it the world.