be of advantage
Example Sentences
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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
He decided to take a wife with dowry enough to be of advantage to his own house.
From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous
So that the amount of land to be of advantage is that amount which the cottager can cultivate without giving his entire time to it; so that, in fact, he may also earn wages.
From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard
Spreading-boards may be made as described above, or it may be of advantage, when a good deal of work is to be done, to adopt a somewhat different method.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.
