The way the concept of competition is orthodoxly used, you'd think it meant fairness rather than win at any cost. |
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Sherman was no friend of radicalism but felt quite strongly that freedom of expression needed to be preserved at any cost. |
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What I learned has strengthened my belief that the Premier is bent on independence at any cost. |
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He tells her that he almost hopes something bad would happen to her so that he could save her at any cost. |
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Investors bailed out, fearing it had decided to take control of a US business at any cost in an effort to take its brand across the Atlantic. |
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Neutrality is a position of principle which should not be bartered at any cost or for any price. |
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Chanti refuses to surrender the piece of land, where his father's samadhi lay, to him at any cost. |
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The ageing autocrat obviously intended to remain in power at any cost and by any means. |
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It also creates the impression that the President is prepared to go all out to get his way at any cost. |
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It seems that their agenda is growth at any cost regardless of the wishes of the people. |
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But manufacturers, eager for fourth-quarter sales growth at any cost, may swallow the difference even at risk to their profits. |
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I was involved with parties who wished to purchase my property at any cost. |
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Nevertheless, a precedent for the right-to-die position may be found in the Phaedo, where Socrates argues against prolonging life at any cost. |
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The use of abusive language and mudslinging or character assassination should be avoided at any cost. |
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Oh, and don't forget to throw in her younger brother, who wants to lose his virginity at any cost and is always quick to throw in a raunchy joke. |
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Why did the telcos previously believe that subscribers at any cost would be a viable business plan? |
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No one enjoys being smeared as a cheapskate, especially when that cheapness has been presented as a ruthless desire to take a profit at any cost. |
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The U. S. disclosed its attempt to topple the political system in the DPRK at any cost, threatening it with a nuclear stick. |
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Education must not be reduced to a balance sheet, nor must it be considered a sacred cow to be fed at any cost. |
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On the other hand voluntary euthanasia can be open to abuse, perhaps someone may gain from the patients demise and they intend to get rid of this patient at any cost. |
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In pursuance of their goal they went on persistently staging plays, never making any compromises at any cost and never giving in to the temptation of commercial theatre. |
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Bush and his gunslingers are committed to world domination at any cost. |
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The disease of eleutheromania is an ethical disease with political overtones since it means craving for freedom, and trying to get it at any cost. |
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The sullen, frightened boy determined to survive at any cost begins to snarl up inside the unruffled man. |
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Normally, both committees are under enormous pressure from the respective membership to reach an agreement, but not at any cost. |
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Before Mitarai took over, Canon had a dozen major divisions that operated like individual fiefdoms, obsessed with building sales numbers at any cost. |
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The army, still the country's most popular institution, appears determined to bulldoze both through at any cost. |
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Honesty and the desire to contribute to a better world have been pushed aside in favour of pursuing gain at any cost and selfishness. |
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VĂ©ronique was undeterred by this setback, howvever, for she was determined to pursue her singing career at any cost. |
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It has consistently taken the stand that the development dimensions of the work programme should not be diluted at any cost. |
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The object of this must not be to beat our competitors at any cost, and we must not allow this to shape our thinking. |
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Rewarding success for meeting goals and finishing projects, at any cost, has serious side effects for any organization. |
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Our modern society and the constant search for perfection at any cost has certainly played a major role. |
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A traditional cleaning operation is one that is not very rational, in that has only one goal: eliminating dirt at any cost. |
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We will safeguard the freedom of the Cuban people, along with the independence and the sovereignty of our country, at any cost. |
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But as an additional twist, he picks up waifish Russian prostitute Anne, whose seeming helplessness belies a shrewd sense of self-preservation at any cost. |
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Sandoval is more committed to overall fiscal responsibility than wedded to ideology at any cost. |
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Japanese authorities went further, the more to force Chongryon to sell land and building of the Hall of its headquarters, in an ill-minded attempt to exterminate Chongryon at any cost. |
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Their role is not to win convictions at any cost but to put before the court all available, relevant, and admissible evidence necessary to enable the court to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused. |
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In a company where time does not stand still and where efficiency is sought at any cost or almost, technology quickly finds its place at the centre of all construction projects. |
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We cannot be lenient with respect to Russia's position at any cost. |
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If there is no doubt that reviving the dynamics of international cooperation is crucial to rein in the global economic recession, it must not be achieved at any cost, and especially not to the detriment of food security. |
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Their insatiable appetite for massive wealth at any cost has pushed them to the point of blindness, insensitivity to human suffering and the loss of human life in the developing world, especially in Africa. |
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These measures do not prevent over-capacity-they create incentives to increase capacity by encouraging fishers to over-invest capital to maximize revenues via catch quantities, at any cost. |
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Nowadays, performance defines the new locus for the belonging of global subjects that ought to thrive on the accomplishment of short-term responsibilities at any cost. |
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The drive for more and better jobs is not at any cost, however. |
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In non-life insurance, GAN is now paying the price for an inappropriate growth strategy aimed at gaining market share at any cost, which led it to take excessive risks. |
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The orders are not to let the codetalker fall into enemy hands at any cost. |
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The Parties have argued that insofar as customers have the ability and the incentive to maintain a competitive supplier base they will not accept at any cost bundling practices or the effects of vertical integration. |
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The problem is not to hold general elections at any cost. |
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On the contrary, the current state of the lumber industry is a perfect example of how Canada is losing on trade with the U. S. The steady creep toward free trade and further harmonization at any cost is hurting this country. |
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In case of a fall, avoid at any cost going down to the bottom headfirst. |
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Lebanese women, in the midst of the media's bombardment of an unattainable beauty ideal, feel compelled to meet the 21st centry body commandments at any cost. |
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But Junior badly needs transformation because Morrison makes us understand that the girl is essentially, amorally, dedicated to survival at any cost. |
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