Sentence examples of "at the expense of" in English
Don't obtain wealth at the expense of your conscience.
N'acquiers pas la richesse au détriment de ta conscience.
RAID-1 focuses on reliability, at the expense of storage size.
Le RAID-1 se focalise sur la fiabilité, au détriment de la capacité de stockage.
Every flatterer lives at the expense of whom listens to them.
Tout flatteur vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute.
Thanks to the development of agricultural science, world food production has managed to keep up with population growth - but only at the expense of the future.
Grâce au développement de l'agronomie, la production mondiale en nourriture a pu réussir à suivre la croissance de la population, mais seulement au détriment du futur.
Such an economic program will help the rich at the expense of the poor.
Un tel programme économique va aider les riches aux dépens des pauvres.
She was waiting at the quay as the ship came in.
Elle attendait sur le quai au moment où le bateau rentra.
We arrived at the airport three hours before our flight.
Nous sommes arrivés à l'aéroport trois heures avant notre vol.
A new museum is being built at the center of the city.
On construit un nouveau musée dans le centre-ville.
He left his hometown at the age of fifteen never to return.
Il quitta sa ville natale à l'âge de quinze ans pour ne jamais revenir.
You might as well read a novel instead of staring at the ceiling.
Tu ferais tout aussi bien de lire un roman plutôt que de contempler le plafond.
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