Which preposition to use with benefitting

of Occurrences 2152%

But he did not write Walden for food or money; he wrote it primarily because he liked to write, and for the benefit of mankind.

to Occurrences 307%

The benefit to the blind was not confined to what Miss Gilbert was doing herself, but general interest in their welfare was excited in all parts of the kingdom.

from Occurrences 195%

If Heaven be about to allow this 'wan' to perish, then they who survive its decease will get no benefit from it.

by Occurrences 118%

He urged the early development of the social consciousness as well as insisting on expansion of individuality, but it is always difficult to combine the two, and most Kindergarten teachers will benefit by learning from Dr. Montessori to apply the method of individual learning to a greater extent.

in Occurrences 66%

In the United States, for example, where the manufacturers are benefited in one place and the producers are benefited in another, and where the country always produces food abundant to supply its own wants, men are not brought so directly face to face with the fallacy of the principle as they were in England at the time of the Anti-Corn Law League.

on Occurrences 36%

By a bull, dated May 26, 1232, he appointed Dominican friars inquisitors in Aragon, and forthwith proceeded to confer the same benefit on the kingdoms of Navarre, Castile, and Portugal; Granada being in possession of the Moors.

for Occurrences 23%

While, however, it secured these benefits for mankind for all time to come, the Roman political system in itself was one which could not possibly endure.

as Occurrences 21%

What arts of instruction he used, or by what method he regulated the studies of his son, we are not able to inform the publick; but take this opportunity of intreating those, who have received more complete intelligence, not to deny mankind so great a benefit as the improvement of education.

than Occurrences 9%

This meeting with you, I imagine, may prove even of greater benefit than that.

at Occurrences 9%

Johnson prevailed on Garrick to get her a benefit at the playhouse, and assisted her in preparing some poems she had written for the press, by both which means she obtained the sum of about £300.

with Occurrences 8%

As we pass down the rotten staircase, lit this time for our benefit with a moribund cocoanut oil lamp, we mark the Maratha labourer still sleeping heavily in his niche, dreaming perhaps amid the heavy odours of the house of the fresh wind-swept uplands of his Deccan home.

without Occurrences 4%

It was a cause where an actor claimed a free benefit; that is to say, a benefit without paying the expence of the house; but the meaning of the term was disputed.

under Occurrences 4%

Observe that the testator presumably wished to be buried in a certain place; also he wished that his brother should benefit under the will.

therefrom Occurrences 3%

Here were minds, it seemed, to "comprehend the trusts," of their new life; and if they can only stand true to them, will derive and bestow great benefits therefrom.

out Occurrences 3%

The students, besides getting no great benefit out of the years spent in the classes, often leave there remnants of their dignity, if not the whole of it.

through Occurrences 3%

If the divorce sought by the Countess early in 1613 were obtained for her, it was understood that Carr would marry her, and that support of the divorce would be a way to future benefit through his good offices.

due Occurrences 2%

In some engines not so protected, it has been found experimentally that less benefit was obtained from the fuel by working expansively than by working without expansionthe whole benefit due to expansion being more than counteracted by the increased refrigeration due to the larger surface of the cylinder required to develop the power.

during Occurrences 2%

I do this with a wish not only to render the punishment hereafter more severe for the wanton destruction of the public property, but to repeal entirely the statute of limitation in all criminal cases, except small misdemeanors, and in no event to allow a party to avail himself of its benefits during the period the commission of the crime was kept concealed or the persons on trial were not suspected of having perpetrated the offense.

among Occurrences 1%

I was benefitted among the dear people; but my body was much wearied when I returned home, and the folio wing day I was very unwell: yet my mind was peaceful.

towards Occurrences 1%

Which request of ours we do most instantly desire to be taken in good part of your maiestie, and so great a benefit towards vs and our men, we shall endeuor by diligence to requite when time shal serue thereunto.

above Occurrences 1%

There are also conditions that they "should not pay unemployment benefit above a maximum rate of 17s.

unto Occurrences 1%

Thus I went on for about two years, crying out against men's sins, after which the Lord came in upon my soul and gave me discoveries of His Blessed grace, wherefore I now altered in my preaching, and did much labour to hold forth Christ in all His relations, offices, and benefits unto the world.

against Occurrences 1%

It is in vain that interested sophistry would plead its benefits in particular casessuch, for instance, as the ludicrous plea of the needfulness of drams for market-women on wet and frosty mornings.[A] Set these specious benefits against the dreadful results to men's health and pockets, from the present low price of spirits, and their consequent enormous consumption; and then let common sense and honesty deliver its judgment.

beyond Occurrences 1%

The work of preservation must be carried on in such a way as to make it evident that we are working in the interest of the people as a whole, not in the interest of any particular class; and that the people benefited beyond all others are those who dwell nearest to the regions in which the reserves are placed.

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