turn to account
Example Sentences
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Did Chr�tien invent the genre, or did he simply turn to account the work of earlier, and less favoured, poets?
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
Give him any period in any country that is romantic, and he will soon steep himself in the kind of knowledge he can best turn to account.
From An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
Indeed, I scarce knew how shadowy and vague it was till I wrote it down here, and yet there is that within it which a really strong hand might turn to account.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund
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
The Parisian scholars were now stimulated to turn to account the treasure which had remained so long neglected on their shelves.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
