Example sentences of "[noun sg] work to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Le Quement claims that all this is only possible by having a single drivetrain and wheel size specification but the limitation works to the car 's advantage . |
| 2 | 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 ] . |
| 3 | Without undervaluing the private sphere itself , we can still say that this arrangement works to the advantage of men . |
| 4 | The theory works to the approximation |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Besides , the levy works to the state 's advantage , allowing the church to pursue a useful social role and earning extra funds for federal coffers . |