slight advantage

collocation in English

meaningsofslightandadvantage

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slight
adjective
uk
/slaɪt/us
/slaɪt/
small in amount ...
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advantage
noun
uk
/ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/us
/ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition giving a greater chance ...
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(Definition ofslightandadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Both recoverable and non-recoverable items score similarly, with aslightadvantageto non-recoverable items.
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Toth also reported aslightadvantagefor the output-based instruction group on a test of free oral production.
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Small but consistent and statistically significant differences between girls and boys were registered within all the language dimensions measured in this study, showing aslightadvantageto the girls.
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My own opinion is that they are a complete offset against anyslightadvantagethat might be gained by falling prices.
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I ought to say that on profits above £10,000 this provision gives aslightadvantageto the private firm as against the director-controlled company.
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Theslightadvantagein interest rates at the moment continues to make it advantageous for local authorities to borrow on long term.
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The war disability pension has aslightadvantageover the industrial injuries pension, and that is not generally known.
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The clause gives the consular office someslightadvantageover the position enjoyed by the national subject.
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Is he aware that someslightadvantagemight be taken by certain civil servants as to the semantic differences between those two terms?
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Some of us have theslightadvantageof having been in it all the time.
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It is tactical switching to get aslightadvantage.
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There is aslightadvantageto us in this matter.
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It is true that they already receive someslightadvantagein allowances.
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The things which can be done, such as increasing the age limit, will probably give aslightadvantagein that direction.
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There is a great deal of evidence that long lists give the person at the top aslightadvantage.
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That will impose a charge on the nation although the colliery company may get away with aslightadvantagefor the time being.
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It may be that this unification of royalties will give someslightadvantage, but the fundamental difficulties of the industry are not touched.
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He himself said that the telephone service is much more desired in rural areas, so might there be differential rentals which would give the rural areas aslightadvantage?
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There is something to be said for the riparian owners, who have a lasting interest in the river, having aslightadvantageover those who are only tenants.
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They recognise the nature of the jungle in which they operate, but they are asking for fair treatment which gives them aslightadvantagebecause of their smallness.
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