turn to account
Example Sentences
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The material thus to turn to account was abundant, and indeed inexhaustible.
From Underground Man by Tarde, Gabriel
In every farming community there will be one or two ingenious or ambitious women who do something which is not general, and which they would gladly turn to account.
From How to make rugs by Wheeler, Candace
Attempts have been made to turn to account the gold existing in North Wales and Cornwall.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
I shall be very glad if there is anything in what I said that Arthur Lyttelton can turn to account, after careful verification.
From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
The Post Office having made book parcels profitable, may try to turn to account the conveyance of other, whether lighter or heavier, articles of trade.
From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.
