Example sentences of "could [adv] take advantage [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British felt very confident of their position at sea ; to reinforce the strength of their blockage they laid down unilaterally the rule of 1756 that neutrals could not take advantage of wartime conditions to enter upon trade that would not have been allowed in peacetime . |
| 2 | Quoting from The Times , he would agree that , as applied in Poland , Marxism had created a proletariat disposed to ‘ revolutionising practice ’ inspired by those who could not take advantage of the widespread corruption through which a black economy , supported by western currency , operates to mitigate the sheer harshness of a regime of scarcity . |
| 3 | The accused could not take advantage of a previous wrong , i.e. of the forgery by which the money came into his account . |
| 4 | Also , Prussia was only one of a series of German states and as such could hardly take advantage of the rapidly developing and highly lucrative Atlantic trade . |
| 5 | The shop , now double the size it was a year ago , was ‘ very healthily up ’ , and could now take advantage of the last minute frenzy by being able to accommodate more people inside . |