Example sentences of "[pers pn] to [pron] [adj] advantage " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew bought young horses and made them well , Nicandra showed them to their best advantage , she had become a beautiful horsewoman . |
| 2 | Being ‘ dog people ’ they were interested in the poodles ' performance and commented on what lovely dogs , ‘ Pity you do n't know how to show them to their best advantage . ’ |
| 3 | Are you using them to their best advantage ? |
| 4 | Certain collections Mickey Mouse ephemera or period memorabilia need a range of different treatments to display them to their best advantage : dot pictures and plaques round the wall , arrange toys and crockery on shelves , lay rugs on the floor . |
| 5 | Underline the need to maximise the short time available to them to their best advantage . |
| 6 | Once the laws are introduced , the coaches and the players will try to devise means of using them to their own advantage . |
| 7 | Deficiencies are there but you can counteract them to your personal advantage . |
| 8 | The mind of the human observer is endowed with creative imagination ; this allows the scientist not only to make discoveries about the laws of nature but to tamper with them and exploit them to his own advantage . |
| 9 | In various ways the British , French , Italians , the Poles and the Russians all failed when seeking ‘ to buy Hitler off or use him to their own advantage ’ . |
| 10 | To get the best out of the situation both sides must try to understand how the other man goes about his work , what his problems are and how you can best communicate with him to your own advantage . |
| 11 | That 's true and , indeed , it was tribute to Mario that though , like all drivers , he always adjusted the world about him to his own advantage , he also got along supremely well within any team . |
| 12 | Not yet a month old and apparently there is concern in some quarters of the industry that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp ( Sun Microsystems Inc to a lesser extent ) may kidnap the promised platform and twist it to their own advantage . |
| 13 | Not yet a month old and apparently there is concern in some quarters of the industry that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp ( Sun Microsystems Inc to a lesser extent ) may kidnap the promised system and twist it to their own advantage . |
| 14 | Women do often partially reject or filter knowledge , or even use it to their own advantage . |
| 15 | But it is subject to manipulation by politicians who use it to their own advantage . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , contemporaries were well aware that a potentially important new force was at work and governments were anxious to use it to their own advantage . |
| 17 | In this campaign too — the battle of the River Ebro — the government forces had the initial advantage of surprise , but their much depleted physical and military strength made them unable to turn it to their permanent advantage and they were eventually pushed back to their original positions . |
| 18 | There are also purist considerations : should the integrity of the original object be maintained , or may it be tampered with to display it to its best advantage ? |
| 19 | Then , deciding to turn it to her own advantage , she said coldly , ‘ I do n't know , but I think Joanna would be foolish to trust a man who is your friend . ’ |
| 20 | He used it to his best advantage last week , when he raised the ghastly spectre of Belgium to warn unwary voters of the dangers of coalition governments and proportional representation . |
| 21 | He might even find a way of turning it to his own advantage . |
| 22 | I think I seized upon that metaphor in order to turn it to my own advantage . |
| 23 | Power Pak , is the latest development in the Transpower system and allows you to use it to your best advantage . |