How to use in-sentence of “at the expense of”:
+ While Mike often does things at the expense of his housemates, he usually does not show the sort of open hostility that the others do, and seems to cause them trouble only when it benefits him.
+ In 1854 La Marmora made a law that improved the quality of the troops, created new academies for officers, retouched the recruitment system, bringing to 60,000 Army soldiers, doubled the units of riflemen and strengthened the light cavalry at the expense of heavy.
+ Business elites, he thought, used government’s monopoly power so as to influence laws and regulatory policy to help themselves at the expense of their competitive rivals.
+ However, some critics see middle schools as having gone “soft” overemphasizing self-esteem building at the expense of academic rigor.
+ This offers some attacking chances at the expense of slightly weakening his own centre.
+ Such exposure was elusive until a successful appearance on “The Best Damn Sports Show Period”, where Dunham and Walter made jokes at the expense of co-hosts Tom Arnold Tom Arnold, Michael Irvin, John Salley and John Kruk, generating laughter from them, and giving Dunham much-needed exposure.
+ But many times in history when laws have been on a false basis to benefit few at the expense of society, they have resulted in conflict.
+ Though there are many supporters of westernization, there are also many people who oppose it it expanding at the expense of local cultures.
