Example sentences of "[noun sg] have the [adj] advantage " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wedge cushion has the further advantage of allowing the patient to see his legs without effort . |
| 2 | Such bacterial digestion has the added advantage of reducing the Biological Oxygen Demand ( BOD ) of the slurry residues , and limiting the pollution of water courses . |
| 3 | The use of the plastic ring device termed an Intrastromal Corneal Ring has the added advantage of being reversible if the surgery does not improve the sight condition . |
| 4 | In its present form it is spelt Forsey , and its use in this chapter has the additional advantage of illustrating that various dictionaries of surnames are not accurate with regard to the meaning of this particular name ; they are at best only partly right , and at worst totally wrong . |
| 5 | The small gamma probe used in our study has the added advantage that the patient is free to have a normal routine while the detector is worn . |
| 6 | Still image work has the additional advantage of being easily repeatable . |
| 7 | The scientific name has the great advantage of being the same all over the world , so the language of nomenclature is a truly international one . |
| 8 | Sequential organisation has the major advantage that the records are stored in a logical order , presumably that sequence to which the records are normally required for printing and for soft copy reports . |
| 9 | These policies of tax forgiveness have the added advantage of making the sharing of risk between companies and society less visible than would be the case if all assistance were given as direct subsidies in identifiable budget items . |
| 10 | DIGITAL SYSTEMS DENIES ANY INTEREST IN NT , SAYS UNIX HAS THE CLEAR ADVANTAGE |
| 11 | The Law Library is one of the largest law libraries in the U.K. and the Europa Library has the distinct advantage of being a European documentation centre . |
| 12 | Grazing has the added advantage of returning animal manure direct to the soil . |
| 13 | This method has the added advantage that , because it will be possible to subtract all the lower numbers without carrying anything at all , you can work it out from left to right . |
| 14 | Music has the great advantage of crossing the normal linguistic barriers . |
| 15 | One minute they were having a philosophical discussion , and the next a very physical encounter , in which Shelley felt that her companion had the greater advantage . |
| 16 | In addition , contempt has the singular advantage of providing moments of light relief within what is essentially a serious framework . |
| 17 | The trust for sale has the enormous advantage of being available also for trusts of personalty , or of mixed land and personalty , and is also more convenient for creating discretionary trusts , which of course have no life tenant . |
| 18 | But costume jewellery had the distinct advantage of not pretending to be anything other than what it was . |
| 19 | This method of funding travel has the great advantage of allowing your money to earn interest until the moment you need the cash and it is free of charge . |
| 20 | ( Spoken language also allows thoughts to be formulated in one 's own words , but written language has the added advantage of making a detached reflection on them possible . ) |
| 21 | ‘ A visit has the added advantage of people being able to buy ware from the visitor centre shop or our ‘ seconds ’ shop which has a selection of Wedgwood Group products for sale at reduced prices . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Neither is worthy of a WWF title , but Bulldog has the clear advantage — because he 'll be yapping in his own back yard . ’ |
| 23 | The secular cleric had the further advantage from the king 's standpoint that he was strictly a life-tenant , unable to transmit his abbacy to a legitimate heir . |