beneficial consequence

collocation in English

meaningsofbeneficialandconsequence

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beneficial
adjective
uk
/ˌben.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.əl/
helpful, useful, ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us
/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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(Definition ofbeneficialandconsequencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The reason is that in biology the optimal consequence is much stronger than thebeneficialconsequencein sociology.
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The allocation preference rewards the action that leads to thebeneficialconsequenceof more lives saved, not the thought - or the lack of thought - behind it.
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This finding emerged rather as a 'side effect' of the trial, an unintended butbeneficialconsequence of bringing together relatively isolated professionals in learning and performing a common task.
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Where red routes have been applied elsewhere, there has been abeneficialconsequencefor the movement of traffic.
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I suppose that onebeneficialconsequencewould be that it would be easier to move around in the rest of the city.
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The removal of the price supports would have had thebeneficialconsequenceof solving the export subsidy problem.
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It has thebeneficialconsequenceof enhancing the power of the people.
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Prevention of registration of those words has thebeneficialconsequencethat they remain available for the individual candidates.
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Nationbuilding nationalists recognize the beneficial consequences of nationalism, and this fact helps explain its political diffusion.
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The committee's hearings also provided the first public arena in which claims for the beneficial consequences of the technology could be made and assessed.
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Adopting this practice has a number of beneficial consequences.
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This feature of the legal system might sometimes have beneficial consequences and sometimes undesirable ones.
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One of the questions they ask focuses on the beneficial consequences of slow population growth for subsequent industrialization and economic transformation.
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Evidence suggests that early success in aggressive encounters can have long-term beneficial consequences.
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Deeper cavities formed by more intense beams can have interesting and beneficial consequences on beam-solid coupling.
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What has happened in this field may be very significant and it may have very beneficial consequences.
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The over-30-month scheme has important and beneficial consequences.
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I believe that an increase in public spending would inevitably have damaging rather than beneficial consequences.
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The oil price increase in 1973–74 concentrated the mind beautifully for about six months, and there were some beneficial consequences flowing from it.
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