adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
positive/beneficial (=good, or helping someone or something in some way)
▪ The incident had a very positive effect on his career.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ This is just as beneficial as having animal protein.
▪ Articulation of modes of production and dependency theories would view the continued use of these labor forms as beneficial to capitalism.
▪ Why not accept that, and play a leading role in creating it in as beneficial an environment as possible?
▪ While analysts applauded the move as beneficial to Tupperware, some people questioned where the spinoff would leave Premark.
▪ Elemental diet has been shown to be as beneficial as corticosteroid treatment in children with Crohn's disease.
▪ Fourthly, reference has already been made to the need for cooperation to be perceived as beneficial.
▪ Balance chairs are better than conventional chairs but not as beneficial as the Gorman chair.
▪ The secret of success here will be the basis of consultation and cooperation which can be seen as beneficial to both sides.
extremely
▪ This can be extremely beneficial in stress-related cases.
▪ It influences the manager's daily activities and decisions and can have extremely beneficial results for the organization.
▪ I am sure you will find it extremely beneficial whatever sector of the industry you are employed in.
highly
▪ So how do we remove the mystery from a potentially highly beneficial technology?
▪ It would be highly beneficial to the natural environment if additions to existing works could also be made subject to planning control.
more
▪ I think that this was more beneficial than continuing my education directly.
▪ Series books also make having conversations about books more beneficial.
▪ They will still meet their contractual obligations but at a time more beneficial to the patients and thus be more cost effective.
▪ In such a case, pain and emotion can eventually be contacted, after which therapy is more beneficial.
▪ They were more beneficial in a disease caused by another Mycobacterium, leprosy.
▪ But an alliance with AccuTrade could prove even more beneficial.
▪ Although the formal agenda item is always very useful, perhaps even more beneficial is the process of sharing.
most
▪ The most beneficial case appears to be when the trigrams are used in combination with both factors.
▪ The most beneficial projects should then be selected until the aggregate resources estimated equal those allocated to new projects in Figure 2.6.
▪ Undoubtedly the most beneficial skills brought to the farm were engineering and building skills.
▪ It's often Overlooked but it is probably the single most beneficial part - having a good time.
▪ The import of the Mallion lines could be considered the most beneficial thing that had happened so far in the breed.
▪ A specially developed Outward Bound course has also proved to be not only popular amongst staff, but most beneficial.
▪ The clean, crisp air of mountainous regions is perhaps the most beneficial of all.
mutually
▪ Obtaining frankness within families about the feelings and expectations they have of each other can be mutually beneficial.
▪ Some of those diets were the result of a mutually beneficial alliance between physicians and food producers.
▪ The justification for participating in international arrangements is that they are mutually beneficial to all participants.
▪ It encourages open communication, and learning about processes of living in mutually beneficial ways.
▪ Community Linking is direct people to people contact which leads to equal, mutually beneficial relationships across cultures.
▪ Cleaning symbiosis on the other hand is a true form of mutually beneficial arrangement with both cleaner and host benefiting.
▪ To ensure a mutually beneficial outcome it is necessary that both parties be fully informed of all relevant information.
▪ What looks like a zero sum confrontation can, with a little goodwill, be transformed into a mutually beneficial nonzero sum game.
particularly
▪ The Regional Committees have reported that the presence of a top visiting senior coach proved to be particularly beneficial for the youngsters.
▪ The Humberside Training and Enterprise Council found these particularly beneficial.
▪ Cycling to work is particularly beneficial because it combines physical exercise with an essential daily task.
▪ This may be particularly beneficial for those making a major career move within an organisation.
▪ The chapter on comparison of depth profiling methods is likely to be particularly beneficial to the newcomer.
▪ The benefits are wide-ranging, and exercise is particularly beneficial to the elderly and the chronically sick.
very
▪ These arrangements tend to be very beneficial to both because of the personal commitment involved.
▪ It is very beneficial to work for yourself, but there are trade-offs.
▪ Volunteer tutors often help students individually, which can be very beneficial.
▪ We hope that further studies support these very beneficial effects of support during labor.
▪ Open access with a larger number of smaller commercial companies would prove very beneficial to customers in ways not possible today.
▪ Under different situations in nature Azolla is regarded to be an undesirable weed or a very beneficial plant.
▪ I used to attend his classes when I was in high school and that was very, very beneficial.
■ NOUN
effect
▪ Indeed, it may well have had the indirect, beneficial effect of encouraging the search for better methods.
▪ This creeping classical conundrum could have untold beneficial effects on the population as a whole.
▪ But there are no convincing reasons for believing that this would have a beneficial effect on economic performance.
▪ As mentioned in the discussion of pathophysiology, their beneficial effect is mainly due to the blocking of striatal acetylcholine receptors.
▪ Organised self-help groups also rely on the beneficial effects of talking and discussion.
▪ We hope that further studies support these very beneficial effects of support during labor.
▪ This quantitative difference may also account for the beneficial effects seen after surgical interruption of the left stellate ganglion.
▪ Even though the medication may have lost its initial beneficial effects, they believe they can not stop taking the pill.
impact
▪ But the beneficial impact of such initiatives will only be felt when the punters start discriminating positively in favour of those taking a lead.
▪ If the latter is the more important, then privatisation of large nationalised industries intact will have little beneficial impact.
interest
▪ Their only assets were their half shares of the beneficial interests in their matrimonial homes.
▪ Secondly, the section is concerned with the beneficial interests existing when a payment falls to be made.
▪ The beneficial interests are normally vested in the beneficiaries.
▪ In each case the entire beneficial interest in the deposit belongs to B to the exclusion of A who made the deposit.
▪ Marius could not have any beneficial interest in any part of it.
▪ The beneficial interests are attached to the proceeds of sale.
owner
▪ Conversion is achieved by transferring the nominee holding to the beneficial owner.
▪ Lawyers, under the cloak of client confidentiality, can mask the beneficial owners of accounts.
result
▪ In the short term, however, the Milan Conference had the beneficial result of placing deaf education on the political agenda.
▪ The tests often have beneficial results by removing some of the anxiety about the possibility of any abnormality.
▪ Can anyone doubt that to achieve these beneficial results was her main aim?
▪ The trip was to have beneficial results despite this.
▪ It influences the manager's daily activities and decisions and can have extremely beneficial results for the organization.
▪ What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution, for Unionists had expected them for some time.
▪ This friction reducing additive may be used in all the engine and transmission of your L.R. with beneficial results.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mutually acceptable/beneficial/convenient etc
▪ Cleaning symbiosis on the other hand is a true form of mutually beneficial arrangement with both cleaner and host benefiting.
▪ Community Linking is direct people to people contact which leads to equal, mutually beneficial relationships across cultures.
▪ It encourages open communication, and learning about processes of living in mutually beneficial ways.
▪ Obtaining frankness within families about the feelings and expectations they have of each other can be mutually beneficial.
▪ Some of those diets were the result of a mutually beneficial alliance between physicians and food producers.
▪ These few basic rules can make your group maximally helpful:-Meet regularly at a mutually acceptable time and place.
▪ This commission would be composed of mutually acceptable and appropriate international personalities and representatives from governments and international organizations.
▪ This takes place at a time prearranged to be mutually convenient.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ beneficial changes
▪ Recent studies show that moderate amounts of alcohol are beneficial to health.
▪ The occasional glass of wine is both enjoyable and beneficial.
▪ The relationship between the two companies has been mutually beneficial.
▪ There is no evidence that the diet pills have any beneficial effect on weight loss.
▪ This treatment can be very beneficial, especially to young children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Alcohol taken in moderation can be beneficial to health.
▪ Although the formal agenda item is always very useful, perhaps even more beneficial is the process of sharing.
▪ But there are no convincing reasons for believing that this would have a beneficial effect on economic performance.
▪ Some of those diets were the result of a mutually beneficial alliance between physicians and food producers.
▪ The twenty-five articles of the decree were far-reaching and generally beneficial.
▪ To complete this traditional picture, it has to be repeated that production was always held to be beneficial.