Example sentences of "change its [noun] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Society , which later changed its name to the Ecclesiological Society , sought to make churches more worthy settings for worship and for the liturgy of the Church of England . |
| 2 | It was in September 1908 that the club moved to rented premises in Store Street and changed its name to the National Deaf Club and opened its membership to deaf people of whatever school , not just oralist . |
| 3 | In the same year the N A L R W U changed its name to the National Union of Agricultural Workers ( NUAW ) . |
| 4 | The group changed its name to The Beautiful Losers and won Melody Maker 's best newcomers of 1975 award ( but nobody noticed ) . |
| 5 | After the introduction of the National Health Service in 1948 , the Mapplewell and Staincross Hospital Committee changed its title to the present one and the sing continued , providing the help that is still so important . |
| 6 | In possibly its shortest annual general meeting on record — a mere 26 minutes — the British Hotels , Restaurants & Caterers Association ( BHRCA ) last week voted to change its name to the British Hospitality Association ( BHA ) . |
| 7 | The Democratic Turnhalle Alliance ( DTA , Dirk Mudge , pres. ; Mishake Muyongo , vice-pres. ; the majority political formation in the previous South African-appointed transitional government , and since independence the main opposition party , with 21 Assembly seats ) ; the United Democratic Front ( UDF , Justus Garoeb , l. ) ; the right-wing Action Christian National ( ACN , led until Janni de Wet until May 1990 , and since then by Kosie Pretorius , whose National Party of South West Africa , part of the ACN , decided in August to change its name to the National Party , NP , and to admit non-whites into its ranks ) ; the Namibia Patriotic Front ( NPF Moses Katjiuongua , l. ) ; the Federal Convention of Namibia ( FCN , J.G.A. Diergaardt , l. ) ; the Namibia National Front ( NNF , V. Rukoro , l . ) . |
| 8 | The Brazilian Communist Party ( PCB ) , founded in 1922 , decided to change its name to the Popular Socialist Party ( PSP ) at its 10th congress held in January . |
| 9 | She tested it with the concept of Henrietta , and yes , undoubtedly it responded , changing its frequency to an angry buzz before returning to its smooth hum . |
| 10 | As has been noted , it was round about now that the Encyclopaedia Britannica contract was being fulfilled , and the houses involved ( Clark 's , Morrison & Gibb and Ballantyne 's ) all had women working their Monotypes in 1909.23 Fraser , the director of Neill 's , had told the Fair Wage Committee of 1908 that he did not think his customers would like the quality of machine work , but that if he did not employ women , he would certainly install machines instead.24 In January 1909 the STJ ( the Circular had now changed its name to the Scottish Typographical Journal ) was sounding the alarm : " Our trade is going over to machinery , and the machinery is in the hands of underpaid girls . " |
| 11 | The Bulgarian Green Party , which played a major role in the movement leading to the overthrow of communism , has changed its name to the Conservative Environmental Party . |
| 12 | During the course of the congress it became evident that the KPRP had changed its name to the Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) . |