Sentence examples for expense of powerful from inspiring English sources

The war strengthened the power of the imperial family at the expense of powerful associated clans, such as the Nakatomi and Soga.

Only a newborn would fail to notice how much clout has been hired to fight off any bill that would help the public at the expense of the powerful bottling industry.

It involves the strengthening of such democratic institutions as legislatures and local government, at the expense of all-powerful presidents, capable of decreeing market-opening reform from above.

They use their powerful coding gains, obtained at the expense of computational power, to achieve good performances under adverse channel conditions.

But that would be at the expense of the less powerful among countries and their populations.

"By making this transference," he has written, "I 'saw' the sexist humour for what it was, something that only worked at the expense of someone less powerful … It was a revelation".

This sweeping comes at the expense of the less powerful: the victims.

A recent survey of C-Suite executives found that 49percentt of women are married with children compared to 84percentt of men -- meaning oftentimes pursuing a career comes at the expense of some pretty powerful tradeoffs.

Reception for the album was generally positive, but mixed in certain aspects; Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called it "her most interesting album in a decade", while Jon Caramanica from The New York Times criticized Carey's vocal performances, decrying her overuse of her softer vocal registers at the expense of her more powerful lower and upper registers.

It isn't that we can't pass laws; we simply have trouble passing those laws that would benefit the commonwealth at the expense of the rich and powerful.

Sales of those foreign car SUVs have benefited at the expense of GM's more powerful domestic stalwarts during the current gas crunch, but nothing is forever.