Sentence examples for expense of small from inspiring English sources

Big business benefits at the expense of small business: that's a dangerous myth.

"This law favors large companies at the expense of small ones," Mr. Lauder said.

Republicans, mainly in the rural West, accuse Mr. Clinton of making big land grabs at the expense of small communities.

Many members oppose the vote, which among other things seeks to reform electoral laws at the expense of small parties.

The pro-independence opposition says the deal would make Taiwan's economy too dependent on China and would help conglomerates at the expense of small companies.

At the time I put this down to the onward march of American-style out-of-town hypermarkets at the expense of small local shopkeepers.

As much as it's come at the expense of small-market America, Steinbrenner's Yankees are a commodity, an attraction.

Instead, the rules risk strengthening the position of large energy companies at the expense of small-scale renewable energy initiatives.

Coke's action plan followed an Oxfam report in October, Sugar Rush, which said sugar, along with soy and palm oil, was driving large-scale land acquisitions and land conflicts at the expense of small-scale food producers and their families.

For Boycott, the threat prompts questions over the government's embrace of big business and the flaws of a planning system that allows profit-driven behemoths to proliferate at the expense of small-time shopkeepers selling local produce.

However, he also said that funding should focus on "helping UK producers to make commercially successful pictures that rival the quality and impact of the best international productions" – a shift in focus towards producing box office hits that many fear will come at the expense of small-scale, independent productions.