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
A less spiritual workman might have allowed the thing to pass, under the idea that it might turn to account and help forward the work.
From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)
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
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.
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.
