Having good international credentials is not always an advantage.

Moreover, being a woman is a great asset.

Has your femininity been an asset or an obstacle in your professional life?

This, too, is an advantage in a country where security is the top priority for most people nowadays.

That was the advantage.

While part of the Microsoft Office family, it has never been included in any of the Office suites.

The darkness will work to my advantage.

A central bank is not a university economics department, where diversity is almost invariably a source of strength.

The major advantage of the scheme is that it dovetails with other reforms under development in Basel. A retail ring fence makes most sense if coupled with new a new resolution regime, which would allow a retail subsidiary to be wound up without contagion across the group.

The major advantage of the scheme is that it dovetails with other reforms under development in Basel.

But sometimes this can be an advantage.

He won the election by a large majority.

The main strength of the mass media approach is its audience reach and ability to generate public awareness and set the agenda.

The only foreseeable benefit to be gained through a devaluation is a reduction in uncertainty as an end will be put to the rampant speculation on when the RMB will be devalued.

One key advantage (if not the key advantage) of capitalism over central planning is the information conveyed by market prices.

The advantage the country had was human capital nothing else but human capital.

One great advantage of SDRs is that they permit the international creation of money, which is particularly useful at times like the present.

The fact that the large protest movement that suddenly materialized has, until now, been a peaceful one also counts as an advantage for building democracy.

Detroit took advantage of a rusty Phil Hughes in the early going.

The great advantage of Vkontakte.ru is that it already has a category political views that makes it possible to find people who share similar political interests.

There are several offline formats of the manual, and the most appropriate format for you depends on what operating system you use and your personal reading style.

But the advantage of that little bit of social discomfort is the fact that, when it comes to running under hot heat for long distances, we're superb, we're the best on the planet.

Foremost among the ESDP s advantages is Europe s cultural knowledge and understanding of Africa.

Proximity to the US should, of course, be an advantage for exports and attracting investment.

Holding Arab land and prisoners indefinitely will no longer be an asset but a terrible burden.

The EU s current economic upturn suggests that the strategy is working, particularly after its renewal in 2005. But some areas in which Europe could gain a competitive advantage have been neglected.

But some areas in which Europe could gain a competitive advantage have been neglected.

While the enemy is skillful at manipulating the media and using the tools of communications to their advantage, we have an advantage as well truth is on our side, and, ultimately, truth wins out.

Such pressure is magnified when rivals and neighbors are perceived to have any kind of strategic advantage.

Life expectancies as early as 1965, China had a huge advantage in life expectancy.

He recovered by the second round, but won by a much smaller margin than anyone expected six months ago.

They have the advantage, however, of getting feedback from the market, which should enable them to correct their mistakes.ampnbsp

Her body was never her strong advantage and here is where she was punished.

Nor could Israel, with its overwhelming technological advantage, defeat Hezbollah in Lebanon.

She, however, denied influencing the outcome of the elections and declared that she won the elections fairly.

If incumbency were a permanent advantage, Goldman Sachs global headquarters would be in Babylon.

Ironically, it was an advantage of the Nuremberg courts that they were staffed by the representatives of the victorious powers.

Newly elected as leader of the Kadima party, Livni only barely defeated her rival, Shaul Mofaz. Her predecessor, Ehud Olmert, inundated by corruption charges and set to resign, is hardly her best asset.

Indeed, the postcommunists now hold such an enormous advantage over all their competitors that a vote scarcely seems necessary.

The other limit is China's reluctance to take full advantage of an uncensored civil society.

Newly elected as leader of the Kadima party, Livni only barely defeated her rival, Shaul Mofaz.

In the Republican primary, Bush easily defeated conservative Robert J. Morris, by a margin of 87.6 to 12.4 .

A subsidy for equipment purchased by them is a competitive advantage of industry in the south of Tyumen region, and if it is canceled it will be difficult to compete in price with the temperate zone of Russia where the work force is cheaper.

This represents another advantage for Europe, where prices for natural gas were, until recently, several times higher than in the US, which had been benefiting from lower cost shale energy.

It thinks it is essential to locate refineries, industries, and additional energy generating units in parts of the country that are both suited for such development and in need of it. An additional benefit of dispersing these productive resources will be greater interaction with Brazil s South American partners.