turn to advantage

Example Sentences

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Nor could they turn to advantage their vast resources, and the natural wealth of the estate only served to attract outside marauders.

From German Problems and Personalities by Saroléa, Charles

This discovery, that has so changed the aspect of everything in Australia, was the result of a mere accident that a thinking mind knew how to turn to advantage.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 by Various

Fixed capital consists of buildings, machines, tools, &c.—Hold lands in capite, to hold them directly from the sovereign.—Make capital out of, to turn to advantage.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Is to warn you to close your proportionable or due distance, when you are to prepare for Battle or Skirmish; and to see every thing be in order that may turn to advantage.

From The School of Recreation (1696 edition) Or a Guide to the Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Riding, Racing, Fireworks, Military Discipline, The Science of Defence by Howlett, Robert

He seemed to talk confidently, as if he reckoned that all this would turn to advantage.

From The Journal to Stella by Swift, Jonathan