Sentence examples for expense of state from inspiring English sources

Looking at companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, they find that stand-alone, private firms increased their share of sales from 1989 to 2008, largely at the expense of state firms.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police recently issued a scathing analysis of federal spending, saying, "Unfortunately, funding federal homeland security efforts at the expense of state, tribal and local law enforcement agencies weakens rather than enhances our nation's security".

He is, however, skeptical about the acting governor's insistence that it will not add to the state's debt burden and wants assurances that a bailout at the expense of state taxpayers would not be possible.

From the Troubled Asset Relief Program to the stimulus bill, from the auto bailout to health care reform, we've created a vast new array of public-private partnerships — empowering insiders at the expense of outsiders, large institutions at the expense of small ones, and Washington at the expense of state and local governments.

Yet the first indications of the headline applications and offers, to be confirmed early next week, suggest they are only marginally down on last year and that the expected surge in affluent students from private schools at the expense of state school students has not materialised.

However, this article shows that while the bilateral route does enhance capital's rights at the expense of state autonomy, the process is far from an inexorable, linear progression.

Many New Yorkers complain that the proposal, if adopted, would reward gas-guzzling states, where people commute largely by car, at the expense of states like New York.

It is used to distribute federal money to states and cities based on population, and to redraw Congressional districts -- determining how many seats in the House that growing states will pick up at the expense of states with relatively stagnant populations.

Carl L. Marcellino, a Republican who is the legislation's main sponsor in the State Senate, said the state's action should send a message to Washington that the current system had allowed utilities in regions like the Midwest to burn high-sulfur coal at the expense of states like New York.

Congressional Republicans have spoken out against the Core, with Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn)., a member of the House education committee, saying the standards are "watered down" and that they achieve "mediocrity at the expense of states' sovereignty and local control".

Morgan Fox, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project, an organization working to end pot prohibition, told VICE News that the policy gap between legalization and regulation is a misguided attempt by Congress to score political brownie points with their voters at the expense of states' rights.