turn to account
Example Sentences
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My Brother, thinking it might turn to account encourag'd me, and put me on composing two occasional Ballads.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.
It shows an ability to turn to account the forces of Nature and, train them to the service of man, such as has been possessed by the laborers of no other country.
From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre
He tried to turn to account such experience as he had gained with Anstey, but with no better success.
From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Mitford, Bertram
The material thus to turn to account was abundant, and indeed inexhaustible.
From Underground Man by Tarde, Gabriel
In order to turn to account the winter season, Beechey visited San Francisco and cast anchor yet again off Honolulu in the Sandwich Islands.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
