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If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous.

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 Meanings and Examples of AVAIL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
avail
 v.  turn to advantage of; be of service to; profit; promote
Classic Sentence: (95 in 7 pages)
1  I spent the whole of yesterday evening in making enquiries entirely without avail.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  Ferrier knew that his wealth and position would be of no avail to him.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
3  I slept after the prostration of the day, with a stringent and profound slumber which not even the nightmares that wrung me could avail to break.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
4  If he belong to that party, he must already have given them the alarm, and it will avail nothing either to fight or fly.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
5  That cannot endure," said Ivanhoe; "if they press not right on to carry the castle by pure force of arms, the archery may avail but little against stone walls and bulwarks.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
6  Oliver saw, but too plainly, that resistance would be of no avail.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
7  Several times Stapleton lurked about with his hound, but without avail.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
8  But since Mr. Holmes has already been taken into your confidence, it would indeed be absurd that we should not avail ourselves of his services.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
9  Well, it is a great responsibility that I take upon myself, but I have given Hopkins an excellent hint and if he can't avail himself of it I can do no more.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
10  But these cares of Clerval were made of no avail when I visited the professors.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
11  That cannot be; but all that I can say will be of little avail.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
12  All that Mrs. Ferrars could say to make him put an end to the engagement, assisted too as you may well suppose by my arguments, and Fanny's entreaties, was of no avail.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 37
13  Thereupon, I had brought in all our hammers, one after another, but without avail.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVI
14  I thanked him for his consideration; and, as he went down soon afterwards, and I was not tired, went down too, with a book in my hand, to avail myself, for half-an-hour, of his permission.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
15  It would avail me nothing to extenuate it now.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 44. OUR HOUSEKEEPING
Example Sentence: (153 in 11 pages)
16  Work expands so as to fill the time available.
17  This material is available in a huge range of colours.
18  This offer is available for a limited period only.
19  That was in the days before electricity was available at the flick of a switch.
20  There are often discounts available for midweek travel.
21  Our staff will be available to give you technical support.
22  A range of ointments and creams is available for the treatment of eczema.
23  Chinese commodities available for export are varied.
24  Cash cuts have halved the number of places available on training courses.
25  If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous.
26  The fabric is only available in a narrow width.
27  The funds available for the health service are finite and we cannot afford to waste money.
28  First-class accommodation is available on all flights.
29  No legal aid was available to cover representation before tribunals.
30  It's available in a choice of colours.