Example sentences of "advantage over [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your product can offer no particular advantages over his , then if he drops his price , you will have to follow suit . |
| 2 | Ah , so the the child 's mind is uncluttered , it 's more easily able to erm , observe things , take in things , learn things , and has a lot of advantages over us older , us adults . |
| 3 | Consumer ministers decided experiments must stop from 1998 , but firms can ignore the ruling if it gives rivals an advantage over them . |
| 4 | Is it not a considerable tribute to our diplomacy that we were able to persuade our Community partners to allow us to gain an advantage over them ? |
| 5 | United have now taken just three points from a possible 12 and manager Alex Ferguson 's only consolation is that the defeat of rivals Aston Villa at Carrow Road means it is now Norwich who hold a twopoint advantage over them as they go into the last seven games . |
| 6 | The people who 've been going through the induction courses though for the last six months or so , they 're probably up , more able to speak to it , and you 're going to be better off actually than the , the old boys if you like and girls , because it 's going to be old dogs , new tricks , but as you wo n't know any different and you do this , then you 'll have an advantage over them . |
| 7 | The simple fact that he was in her husband 's employ gave her an advantage over him . |
| 8 | The ‘ believer at second hand ’ , the one who believes through having heard the witness of those who believed ‘ at first hand ’ , i.e. the original disciples , must make the same leap of faith as they did to break through Jesus ' incognito : they have no advantage over him of the kind that a purely historical approach to Jesus might suggest . |
| 9 | At that moment I did have some kind of advantage over him , because I knew a little more about some things than he did . |
| 10 | She had one advantage over him ; he had only a general idea of which shops would interest Garry and his ‘ Mrs Smith ’ , but Claudia knew Dana would make straight for the most exclusive dress shops , and luckily Claudia had a very good idea which one would be at the top of her list . |
| 11 | I have received thy kind letter of February the 19th 1755 , which gave me much satisfaction : and some uneasiness , that so many years have elapsed wherein we might have reciprocally communicated our observations to each other ; and although thee had incomparably the advantage over me , yet , notwithstanding , I love to peep into the abstruse operations of nature . |
| 12 | And I ca n't , of myself , even produce the faith for it , otherwise , you might have an advantage over me . |
| 13 | It 's not because I had Christian parents , it 's not because I 'd some advantage over you , or you had some advantage over me , it is all of God 's graciousness , it is all of God 's giving ! |
| 14 | So he has given , God gives this power within , power of the holy spirit , the indwelling Christ , in you and in me , so I 've got no advantage over you , and you have no advantage over me and the person who 's been a Christian for fifty years has n't got an advantage over the Christian who 's been a Christian for one day because that same power that raised Christ from the dead , hear that , the same power that God used to raise Christ from the dead , that is the same power that dwells in you and in me , that 's what the bible says . |
| 15 | However , because of the way it relates in this work , they are only fifty percent present in my sibling , so any sacrifice of gene me er , it 's not my actual inquest for your finding of the problems , the reason is , this is something we did last term in , in penaltriusm theory , so the others have got an advantage over you , they 've already done it this time . |
| 16 | It 's not because I had Christian parents , it 's not because I 'd some advantage over you , or you had some advantage over me , it is all of God 's graciousness , it is all of God 's giving ! |
| 17 | So he has given , God gives this power within , power of the holy spirit , the indwelling Christ , in you and in me , so I 've got no advantage over you , and you have no advantage over me and the person who 's been a Christian for fifty years has n't got an advantage over the Christian who 's been a Christian for one day because that same power that raised Christ from the dead , hear that , the same power that God used to raise Christ from the dead , that is the same power that dwells in you and in me , that 's what the bible says . |
| 18 | If we feel sorry for the dying cat that can not understand what is happening to it , we should remember that it has one enormous advantage over us : it has no fear of death , which is something we humans must all carry with us throughout our long lives . |