Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the benefit " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never had any money erm that would help me to get off benefit , I was caught in the benefit trap and now I 've been able to get a part time job , my husba ex-husband 's paying a reasonable amount and my children are better off . |
| 2 | The first is where on the true construction of the Act it is apparent that the obligation or prohibition was imposed for the benefit or protection of a particular class of individuals , as in the case of the Factories Acts and similar legislation … |
| 3 | In terms of presumptions , the Act did enforce performance in a specified manner ( a fine ) but this gives way to the first exception , the obligation was imposed for the benefit of a class of people , factory employees . |
| 4 | It was argued on behalf of the respondents that the doctrine applied to a covenant which was imposed for the benefit of the trade of the covenantee and which either forbids the covenantor to carry on his trade or restricts the way in which he may carry it on . |
| 5 | The income arising to the trustees was applied for the benefit of the respondent 's son who was infant and unmarried . |
| 6 | Yes , an and what really upset the erm the , the members of the scheme and the pensioners was the fact that the money was going to actually erm fund the redundancy per programme er for the business and was going to the benefit of the employees and none of it was going to the actual pensioners . |
| 7 | This criterion was introduced for the benefit of an authority like Kirklees which runs the large institution of Huddersfield Polytechnic but which has a limited population and therefore a relatively small rate basis . |
| 8 | Nauru 's claim for rehabilitation rests upon the assertion that its territory was mined for the benefit of the trust powers , principally Australia , to the long-term detriment of its development and welfare , and in violation of the trusteeship agreement and of principles relating to self-determination . |
| 9 | On the stairs some man with a twelve-string guitar was improvising for the benefit of three skinny girls with long blonde hair . |
| 10 | The House of Lords held that a provision in the Betting and Lotteries Act 1934 that required track owners to provide available space for bookmakers on the track , was passed for the benefit of the race-going public rather than bookmakers ( Cutler v Wandsworth Stadium [ 1949 ] AC 398 ) . |
| 11 | It was created for the benefit of the inhabitants of the territory , not for that of the parties to the agreement . |
| 12 | He left unsettled estate of over £2.5 million , of which almost £200,000 was bequeathed for the benefit of London hospitals , and a year 's salary to each member of the staff of Barings . |
| 13 | A collection of her work , Poems Moral and Entertaining ( 1789 ) , was published for the benefit of charities in Bath and Gloucester and of Sunday schools in Tetbury . |
| 14 | As late as 1812 , this view was articulated by Dr. Samuel Farr whose book , Elements of Medical Jurisprudence , was published for the benefit of coroners and courts of law . |