Example sentences of "[verb] have the advantage " in BNC.
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| 1 | Print-making has had the advantage of some careful scholars , but an excellent book is by a practitioner , Stanley Hayter . |
| 2 | True , even with those drawbacks , NATO functions well , but it has had the advantage of 350,000 American service men and ourselves , all of whom speak a common language . |
| 3 | George Bush has had the advantage which always goes with the holder of the highest office of being addressed as Mr President . |
| 4 | Mr Justice garland said he 'd had the advantage of seeing the material gathered during this further enquiry into the pub bombings . |
| 5 | Gore was seen to have the advantages of youth , good looks , and increasing political stature — as a candidate in the 1988 contest he did unexpectedly well and had increased his reputation since . |
| 6 | ‘ You seem to have the advantage of me , Fraulein … . ’ |
| 7 | This definition of the sum invested has the advantage of producing returns that are roughly similar in size and dispersion to the returns on the underlying shares . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps I just like having the advantage , ’ he returned silkily . |
| 9 | For the strictly limited purpose of deciding whether Ward J. 's decision should be affirmed or reversed , it suffices to say that an appellate court should always be slow to reject a trial judge 's findings of fact , he having had the advantage of seeing and hearing the witnesses , and that it should be even slower to do so if any findings which it would be minded to substitute would lead to the same result . |
| 10 | I hope that this book overall will provide additional assistance in both respects , particularly for those who may not have had the advantage of formal systems training . |
| 11 | Heuristically , determinism seems to have the advantage . |
| 12 | The imperial presence was manifest : those who attended had the advantage of travelling on the imperial transport system ; the structure of the Council mirrored that of senatorial procedure , the 318 fathers ( a traditional number — actual attendance was more likely to have been about 250 ) gathered in a hall of the imperial palace ; Constantine spoke asking them to restore concord , and then left them to themselves . |
| 13 | He did have the advantage , however , of pursuing a single specific goal — that of taking the company through privatisation . |
| 14 | However , that agenda did have the advantage that it could be developed on an evolutionary basis , and that further innovations could be incorporated without major upheaval . |
| 15 | They were very attractive and they did have the advantage that you could take them down and plunge the whole thing in water and wash it and er |
| 16 | There are only 2 now , though they do have the advantage of mechanisation . |
| 17 | The negative print obtained has the advantage of increased contrast , enhancing many details in the preparation . |
| 18 | To borrow a phrase from a biography of Van Gogh , the writer had had the advantage of having the artist as a coauthor . |
| 19 | The castle or the fortified town restricted the movements of mobile field armies ; in particular , it was effective against the rapid raids of Magyars , with their lightly armed mounted archers , or the Vikings , with their swift ships , who had had the advantage of striking rapidly and ranging far . |
| 20 | On cold days it does have the advantage of keeping him warm , but on hot days it can be unbearably uncomfortable . |
| 21 | But the hotel does have the advantage of being able to offer a scenic and historic location and the more personalised level of service that a small independent hotel can offer . |
| 22 | Artrageous ! does have the advantage of being screened at the civilised hour of 7.30 pm , long before the post-Newsnight wasteland . |
| 23 | This aircraft does have the advantage of a bench seat in the back which is removable , so it can still be used as a four-seater if you watch the weight and balance . |
| 24 | Okay , but it does have the advantage in it , it 's a has it 's a very clean drug . |
| 25 | However the chopper drive does have the advantage that the available supply voltage is fully utilised , enabling operation over the widest possible speed range , and the power losses in forcing resistors are eliminated , giving a good system efficiency . |
| 26 | It does have the advantage of the computer not going off in the heat of the moment and hurting some innocent bank clerk , though . ’ |
| 27 | A chef by profession , he does have the advantage of being able to snatch an odd hour in the garden during the day . |
| 28 | Practice is , of course , even less representative than the law reports , but it does have the advantage of providing examples of the use of expert determination where there were no recorded disputes . |
| 29 | But it does have the advantage of operating on a level where guilt or innocence might be easier to establish and where punishment could be imposed on a state basis . |
| 30 | My Lords , I have had the advantage of reading the speech of my noble and learned friend , Lord Mustill . |