be of advantage

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The female body structure itself is another element Ocobock and Lacy found to be of advantage in terms of endurance and effectiveness for prehistoric hunters.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023

I am glad that this Table has not interfered in above one or two things with the other, and that my Labours also are like to be of advantage, and benefit to the Learned World.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2022

Lust is an opinion of a good to come, which would be of advantage were it already come, and present with us.

From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke

That the indifference of their compatriots drove these men practically out of their country proved to be of advantage to them; but how ought those to be regarded who failed to keep them here?

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef

She hath received impressions that cannot fail to be of advantage to her.

From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Madison, Lucy Foster