principal beneficiary

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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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beneficiary
noun[C]
uk
/ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.ər.i/
us
/ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.i.er.i/
a person or group who receives money, advantages, etc. as a result of ...
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(Definition ofprincipalandbeneficiaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As regards our balance of payments and the relief of inflationary pressures, this country is theprincipalbeneficiaryof the present state of affairs.
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In theory, a husband and wife could both apply, but only one would be awarded citizenship as theprincipalbeneficiary.
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Who will be theprincipalbeneficiary?
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That really makes us theprincipalbeneficiary.
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Oneprincipalbeneficiaryof that judicious and sound investment policy is the very reasonable level of clergy pensions which are now paid, with prospects of yet further improvements to come.
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It also meant that these regional parties were the principal beneficiaries of the subsequent decision to establish regional states.
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But administrative sluggishness and the lack of sufficient political will have prevented these commitments being used by their principal beneficiaries.
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They should provide an efficient means of financing the forward contract bonus scheme through one or both of the principal beneficiaries.
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However, my own rail journeys have suggested to me that the principal beneficiaries of rail travel in this country are middle-class—often upper middle-class—people.
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The scheme allows for a maximum of 50,000 principal beneficiaries.
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One is that the principal beneficiaries are civil servants, are bureaucrats.
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I believe that older people will be among the principal beneficiaries of that new investment.
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But the principal beneficiaries will be the public.
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The principal beneficiaries of this evening's vote will be people living in large houses with large central heating bills.
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Among the principal beneficiaries of subsidy have been busmen's wages and the general operating inefficiencies of the system.
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Does he agree that the last thing that we want is to find ourselves at odds with the principal beneficiaries of our liberation?
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It is the family size of the principal beneficiaries that will determine the total number of beneficiaries, not estimates made in 1990.
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We believe it is right that those who are the direct and principal beneficiaries of higher education should also make some contribution to it.
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That is a system in which the principal beneficiaries are the bus operators whose inefficiencies can be passed on to the ratepayer.
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