Sentence examples for at the expense of neglecting from inspiring English sources

Thus interest in topics like biotechnology and microelectronics has diverted resources into short-term efforts that are worth doing, but not at the expense of neglecting the long-term promise of nanotechnology.

It should be noted that in the presented work our target was to extract texture information from degraded VL iris images, and this was achieved at the expense of neglecting high frequency behavior of the texture.

In this force field, the carbon and the hydrogens that are bonded to it are treated as a single atom, reducing computational effort up to a factor of 9 at the expense of neglecting the slight directional and volume effects of the presence of these hydrogens.

We wouldn't try to live forever at the expense of neglecting or killing our neighbors, including their children.

It is acknowledged that while particularism promotes strengthening of identity and commitment to core values, it must not be at the expense of neglecting the universal mandate of creating a just world for all humanity.

The following passage from a psychiatrist illustrates such a line of argument: Here, the patient's right to decide upon becoming a mother is ranked above child well-being at the expense of neglecting the latter.

This galls him since Mr Garang identified the concentration of development in Khartoum, at the expense of the neglected regions in the south and west (especially Darfur) as a prime cause of Sudan's civil wars.

But former Treasury minister, Lord O'Neill, accused ministers of neglecting China at the expense of "fantasy" ideas about boosting trade in the Commonwealth.

Mr. Ferrer said that while the attack had led him to change some priorities, it was not at the expense of his theme to deal with neglected New Yorkers.

Raised in the 1970's, Gen X'ers are, Mr. Howe said, children of the "consciousness revolution," a time when Americans were distrustful of institutions, and children were often neglected at the expense of parental self-fulfillment.

Critics insist agricultural sector has long been neglected at the expense of mining, the country's economic mainstay which accounts for 70% of foreign exchange earnings.