Example sentences of "[noun sg] of the advantage [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been anticipated that this group of fit and well motivated patients would have fared better , and allowed full assessment of the advantages of this technique , particularly as the patients were younger , median age 63 ( range 33–77 ) and fitter ( lower ASA grade ) . |
| 2 | It is part of the advantage of being a woman , one of the perks . |
| 3 | If people know that a new rule will be applied retrospectively they will behave in accordance with whatever rules they imagine courts would think in the general interest , and this will provide a great part of the advantage of such rules without the need actually to enact or adjudicate them . |
| 4 | SIR — Wang and colleagues ( May 22 , p 1306 ) give a full description of the advantages of keeping close blood glucose control in insulin-dependent diabetics , but I do not think that they show a fully balanced picture about the frequency of disadvantages that diabetics encounter . |
| 5 | This runs counter to at least two objectives of the Convention , namely transparency and removal of the advantages of forum shopping . |
| 6 | Even if the tentative identification of the advantages of specialist working for this client group were to be confirmed by more extensive data , it may well be that they could be offset by other features of a generic social work service to the area . |
| 7 | Apart from the very real administrative achievements of her reign she had some grasp of the advantages of giving the nobility , the townsfolk and even the state peasants an improved status as efficient and creative autonomous groups within Russian society ( see pp. 51–2 ) . |
| 8 | In many cases , as illustrated by examples from a few industries , the issue of the advantages of scale has shifted from the level of the factory to the firm as a whole . |
| 9 | Attempts to improve the prospect of cure have been made by investigation of the advantages of adjuvant chemotherapy . |
| 10 | Sir [ James ] Fitzjames Stephen ( afterwards Stephen J. ) , in [ A General View of the Criminal Law of England ( 1863 ) , p. 129 ] , suggested as a definition of theft : ‘ To steal is unlawfully , and with intent to defraud , by taking , by embezzlement , by obtaining by false pretences , or in any other manner whatever to appropriate to the use of any person any property whatever real or personal in possession or in action , so as to deprive any other person of the advantage of any beneficial interest at law or in equity , which he may have therein . ’ |
| 11 | If we say that dinosaurs grew large because they were in pursuit of the advantage of heat conservation , we are not implying that species engineered their own destiny , with the effect predetermining the cause . |
| 12 | No 3225 Set by Watson Weeks We asked you , following the TV exposé of Summerhill , for a Speech Day address by the principal , an explanation by a parent of why they sent their child there , or a statement by a former pupil of the advantages of a Summerhill education . |
| 13 | A large organisation is also able to make use of the advantages of efficient ‘ large-scale ’ equipment ( eg. manufacturing equipment or advanced computer systems ) . |
| 14 | There are many arguments as to which strategy is best ( de Nevers et al. , 1977 ; Wall , 1976b ) but increasingly the conclusion being reached is that it is possible to make use of the advantages of two or more strategies . |
| 15 | An advertisement upon the outer wall advised Lucien of the advantages of an ennubelation in lively-sprig essence . |
| 16 | An aspect of this college view was revealed in one analysis of the advantages of introducing a management information system ( MIS ) . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , the example points up the paradox of the advantage to the teacher of having to experience new learning alongside and in co-operation with the children , and yet at the same time having to be an expert in the subject . |
| 18 | ( 2 ) Enjoyment of the advantages of monetary union presupposes a stable monetary value for the economy of the GDR , while currency stability must be maintained in the FRG . |
| 19 | Baring Fund Managers , the unit trust company , has launched a year-long press campaign , which aims to inform the public of the advantages of unit trusts . |