Working within these constraints had meant that we had to sacrifice efficiency in communications, intelligence gathering and planning, but it kept us alive.

And the new truck engines produced by Mr. Penske's company, he noticed, were first rate, achieving reduced emissions without sacrificing efficiency.

Then the burner may be lit for very short bursts at a much higher frequency, thus sacrificing efficiency for accuracy.

"It shall not be said that I sacrificed efficiency to economy," said the Governor.

The descent path sacrificed efficiency and made almost straight for a high northern latitude.

At the United Nations Secretariat Building, the architects sacrificed functional efficiency to a functionalist appearance.

Without sacrificing efficiency or expertise, it takes the starch out of fine dining.

But some observers, such as Lewis Mumford, believed the architects had actually sacrificed functional efficiency to the grand formal gesture.

Like S and Q, the biweight midvariance aims to be robust without sacrificing too much efficiency.

Under normal circumstances, he sacrifices efficiency for security, by passing communications requests through Hassan.