turn to account
Example Sentences
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Publishers were free to turn to account any means of conveyance that happened to be available, for the distribution of their newspapers.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Smith, William, Sir
My Brother, thinking it might turn to account encourag'd me, and put me on composing two occasional Ballads.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.
Miss Greta might quite innocently have remembered and retailed enough to Mr. Ernst for him to turn to account.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
There exist accordingly the political conditions of a democratic alliance which it is the business of the British Liberal to turn to account.
From Liberalism by Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny)
It was a fortunate incident for the Frenchmen, who knew they could turn to account the competition which must result from the arrival of two ships.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
