Example sentences of "[noun sg] work to the [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 The principal factor working to the disadvantage of the Conservatives in the by-election was the unpopularity of the community charge ( poll tax ) which had come into effect in England and Wales in April 1990 [ see p. 37329 and below ] .
2 Without undervaluing the private sphere itself , we can still say that this arrangement works to the advantage of men .
3 ‘ It 's concerned with making everything about the business be about quality — from the quality of the management process , the quality of the way the operation works to the quality of manufactured products . ’
4 Whether or not there was substance in the belief that London 's prosperity worked to the detriment of provincial cities , the contrast between them was little short of dramatic .
5 They believed the existing system worked to the enrichment of only a small number ; national benefit could be derived from legitimate commerce with a fertile Africa only if the slave trade did not create misleadingly attractive alternatives .
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