substantial advantage

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandadvantage

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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advantage
noun
uk
/ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/us
/ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition giving a greater chance ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Their inclusion of citations alone gives them asubstantialadvantage.
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The office environment, like that of the ministry, has anothersubstantialadvantage.
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Neither of the individual studies identified asubstantialadvantagefor cognitive remediation.
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What it means is that other countries will come into line with our procedure, which will be ofsubstantialadvantageto us.
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Asubstantialadvantageof the investment grants system is that it has had this greater stability.
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These methods have the verysubstantialadvantagethat there is no unnecessary disbursement of money.
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That is asubstantialadvantageto the public and the press.
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Does he not agree that it has asubstantialadvantagein terms of the cost of imported raw materials for many industries?
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But there is no doubt thatsubstantialadvantagecould be obtained if certain examinations were conducted at the point of embarkation.
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A large company with many more ships will have a verysubstantialadvantage.
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That is a verysubstantialadvantageto him.
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Those figures are introduced by me to show that as a matter of fact there is a verysubstantialadvantageafforded to distressed areas.
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There would be asubstantialadvantagein maintaining the continuity of service.
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There is sometimes asubstantialadvantagein being a big fish in a small pool rather than a small fish in a big pool.
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This would be asubstantialadvantagein their daily practice.
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What is thesubstantialadvantagewhich may be lost by the abolition of resale price maintenance?
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He gets verysubstantialadvantagefrom staying on.
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No doubt, one would take into account some quite exceptional case where there was somesubstantialadvantageto be gained.
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There is no evidence thatsubstantialadvantagecould be gained by changing the present times, to which listeners have become accustomed.
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By common consent, and as has been pointed out over and over again, the higher income groups are going to derive a verysubstantialadvantage.
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