Example sentences of "have benefited from " in BNC.

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1 To achieve commendably rapid publication the author 's original typescripts appear to have been reproduced with a mix of typography and some English which would have benefited from editorial attention .
2 She suffered dreadfully from hay fever , and many were the times — such as when we picnicked on Ivinghoe Beacon — she would have benefited from emulating Alan Turing who was said to cycle to work wearing an army gas-mask to protect himself from the pollen .
3 The dismal nature of English teaching for O and A level in the past can perhaps be accounted for largely by the numbers of pupils entered for the examinations who were not in fact suited to study literature ( though they might have benefited from an advanced study of their own language ) .
4 Deakin was a striker who found the net regularly and the evidence suggests that , had he been at a bigger club , he would have benefited from a better service and become a prolific scorer .
5 But if , as the data say , they measure socially significant individual differences , the cost of banning them is paid mainly by those who might have benefited from better job placement and school curricula .
6 If all the persistent readers of Tory tabloids had behaved like those who read Labour tabloids , Labour would have benefited from a 3 per cent swing ( compared to the actual election result ) .
7 If tabloids had not existed , and all those who read Labour and Tory tabloids had behaved like those who read no paper regularly ( and depended exclusively on television for their news ) , then Labour would still have benefited from a 2 per cent swing .
8 Finally , if the imbalance between Labour and Tory tabloids had been eliminated — so that equal numbers read Tory and Labour tabloids , then Labour would still have benefited from a 1 per cent swing .
9 The containers , palettes or packings must originate , or be , in free circulation within the EC and must not already have benefited from any VAT exemption .
10 Although he was obviously placed carefully on to the sofa , the freshly pomaded hair is awry and could have benefited from a comb prior to being photographed .
11 The introduction is lucid but many of the essays would have benefited from editing after translation .
12 Even in the Constitution on the Liturgy , approved in the second session , where a theology of liturgical pluralism is to some extent accepted , there is no use of the word ‘ church ’ in the plural nor of the phrase ‘ ecclesia particularis ’ ( particular church ) , though the thought of the constitution would have benefited from such use .
13 Editor , — Unfortunately , many of those who would have benefited from attending the conference organised by the Royal College of Physicians for physicians wishing to pursue a career in academic medicine will have been unable to attend because of NHS commitments .
14 An adequate knowledge of the existence , timing , and source of postcoital pills was shown by 52 ( 30% ) of the 171 patients who had recognised a potential contraceptive failure and 25 ( 12% ) of the 210 who had not used any contraception — that is , 77 ( 20% ) of the 381 patients who might have benefited from their use .
15 I felt guilty about sharing in this bounty , for my stepmother and her children could clearly have benefited from some of it .
16 And , although he had benefited from the publicity surrounding the death and from the cheapness of the star 's replacement , he would also have benefited from Michael Banks 's drawing power , had he survived .
17 This presentation would have benefited from being delivered out to the audience , rather than down to the lectern , and he should practise opening his mouth wider when talking — he was sometimes difficult to follow .
18 A very wordy presentation , which would have benefited from the use of more slides , particularly at the beginning .
19 If you find on reading this that an existing process would have benefited from different values at .
20 Detective Constable Potter would have benefited from a similar facility in the office , but his bulk was the subject of severe official disapproval and there was a parallel concern for his health and fitness .
21 This was important , as in some stretches of the river Mr Cook 's customers might not otherwise have benefited from the remarkable views he had promised them .
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