But it did help persuade him that he stood to gain from engaging with the world.

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Mat Desforges, from Commerce and Employment's Renewable Energy Team, said Guernsey stood to gain.

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And, in the process, the world's money-management houses stood to gain a foothold they largely lack in Japan.

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For its part, the Daily Beast stood to gain from a global print platform on top of cost-saving opportunities.

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But he said it was fair to ask the prime minister to "come clean" about whether he stood to gain himself.

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And they warned that there were already misconceptions about who stood to gain, and who might lose, as a result of the new pension.

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Given that Congress stood to gain only a dozen or so extra seats from electoral tie-ups in UP and Bihar, its gamble looks reasonable.

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"They planned to ignore normal legislation governing privateering contracts, and made their own unique deal, whereby they stood to gain a fortune from Kidd's expertise as a privateer, " Konstam said.

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Charges are more likely if the victim was under 18 or mentally ill, or if the suspect stood to gain from his death (though, campaigners note, this is often the case because helpers tend to be spouses or offspring).

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Meister alleges that when Sapir entered the loan agreement with Blackstone-controlled GSO Re Onshore LLC on October of 2006, not only was he mislead by his own attorney, who stood to gain financially by having Sapir sign the 20% interest loan, but that Sapir had been suffering from aphasia.

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