Sentence examples for support at the expense from inspiring English sources
Polls suggested that the New Democrats' Howard Hampton also picked up support at the expense of the Liberals after the debate.
They say he has exploited the generational fissures, as well as a widening class divide, to win support at the expense of social unity.
The looming royal transition appeared to give Thaksin the opportunity to increase the power of an elected government with strong popular support at the expense of the old military and royalist elite.
He also criticised the yes campaign for failing to do the "groundwork", and paid tribute to David Cameron for some "very bold leadership" which had seen him mobilise support at the expense of coalition unity, according to Mandelson.
Even first-past-the-post, with all of its flaws, does not suffer from this problem, since under that system no candidate set to win an election could lose by gaining more support at the expense of other candidates.
His much-mocked English has improved.Strengthening the Liberals' green credentials might win the party new support at the expense of the leftish New Democratic Party or the Green Party, a newish outfit which commands a steady 10% in the opinion polls although it has yet to win a seat in parliament.
He wanted to protect pensioners, she said, but the degree to which they were being supported at the expense of the poorest workers and disabled people had become too extreme.
Together, these findings suggest a PEPFAR-effect that was benefiting the facilities it supports at the expense of other facilities.
"The heavy reliance on support workers at the expense of registered nurses puts patient safety at risk.
Other parties and independents were down from 9.9% at the election to 7%, suggesting One Nation's support came at the expense of other minor parties.
But his championing of the Barclays Center and Atlantic Yards project, with only a few nods to community concerns including affordable housing, crystallized criticism from those who believed he had been too quick to support developers at the expense of community needs.
