They did this even though the proposed reform, which poses no threat whatsoever to their freedom, etc., would materially benefit them, their families, and their communities.

Although warring leaders undoubtedly benefited materially, one of the main goals may have been to acquire sacrificial victims.

Florence benefited materially and culturally from this sea-change in social consciousness.

As the Guardian disappeared from sight, it occurred to her that not everybody expected to benefit materially from an association with the symbionts.

Because Android operates its own Google-controlled fiefdom outside of the upstream stack, its growing popularity doesn't materially benefit upstream Linux.

Gov. Jim Florio's advantage as the incumbent will materially benefit his re-election in 1993.

Any reform that discourages speculation by making the derivative markets less attractive will make it even harder for institutions to lay off risk, and without materially benefiting individual investors.

This period also saw the birth of medieval universities, which benefited materially from the translated texts and provided a new infrastructure for scientific communities.

But if, on balance, the Flemish counts benefited materially from crusading,- as, arguably, did the Angevin - they were far from typical.

But while many artists benefited materially, those whose instinct was to question, to probe, to transgress, frequently did not.