Example sentences of "[modal v] have benefited from " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | The introduction is lucid but many of the essays would have benefited from editing after translation . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A very wordy presentation , which would have benefited from the use of more slides , particularly at the beginning . |
| 14 | If you find on reading this that an existing process would have benefited from different values at . |
| 15 | 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 . |