Example sentences of "[vb base] for the benefit " in BNC.

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1 no withholding tax on dividends received from EC subsidiaries under the terms of the EC parent/subsidiary directive ( the UK and Denmark have agreed that Gibraltar companies qualify for the benefits of the directive ; other countries still have to indicate their stance ) ;
2 Aegon will pay £200m — about half of which is good-will — which will be injected into the with-profits fund for the benefit of the current and future policyholders invested into that fund .
3 Laura often visited the Cambrian Mill , owned by the British Legion since 1927 but run for the benefit of all local disabled people who then , as now , make up 80 per cent of the workforce .
4 Building societies are mutual organizations run for the benefit of their depositors ; their success is measured in terms of growth .
5 It also had many of the features of a private club , operated and run for the benefit of its members .
6 I mean the trouble with group selectionistic thinking is you , you completely discount the costs that some people pay for the benefits of others and so oh well , you know everybody benefits from mothers erm having children and sacrificing themselves to their offspring .
7 Contracts made by any agent in pursuance of the principal 's instructions are binding on , and operate for the benefit of , the latter .
8 Health services exist for the benefit of patients , not doctors ; schools and colleges are for students , not for teachers or administrators .
9 However , it should be emphasised that the Family Fellowships exist for the benefit of the family member , regardless of what may be happening to the primary sufferer .
10 This is that living organisms exist for the benefit of DNA rather than the other way around .
11 At the very least this theory about post-natal depressions shows it 's not that simple , the mother has a self-interest as well as the offspring and our modern insight into parental investment theory shows us that we have to take every individual 's self-interest seriously we 're not committing th the , the crude errors of group selectionism and saying you know mothers exist for the benefit of society to have children , they should put up with it .
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