Example sentences of "[vb infin] into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greenbelts have so far ensured that towns and cities do not sprawl into one another . |
| 2 | Which part of your life would you recycle into another life ? |
| 3 | He does not pursue into modern times his lively thought about the connection between commerce and art ; wisely , perhaps . |
| 4 | Such a scheme would , if implemented , introduce into English law two key features , namely , a functional classification of security interests and a priority system based on the order of registration of those interests . |
| 5 | Cos you ca n't screw into this fencing . |
| 6 | Were such a test to be adopted in future , it would reintroduce into British obscenity law a wholly subjective assessment of taste and decency with respect to works of art and public communications , and it would do so by amending an Act which was designed to focus solely on the question of harm . |
| 7 | The new coalition government gave the Prime Minister an increased majority in parliament , but observers commented that this might not translate into electoral support . |
| 8 | After much study Hahnemann came to the conclusion that the basic underlying causes of chronic diseases were what he termed the inherited miasms , a term which we might translate into modern parlance as inherited predispositions . |
| 9 | In the case of mortgage default , for example , there are now nearly 60,000 mortgages more than 12 months in arrears , and some part of these arrears will inevitably translate into additional repossessions . |
| 10 | President Bush has yet to be convinced that ‘ going green ’ will translate into real votes come the presidential election later in the year , and his advisers ( who enjoy nothing so much as bashing a few Greens on the media before breakfast ) have sown so many doubts in his mind about ‘ the lack of scientific evidence ’ that global warming is not seen to be one of the challenges he now faces — despite the fact that his country is responsible for nearly 30 per cent of all emissions of carbon dioxide , the main greenhouse gas . |
| 11 | Inveterate trafficker in traffic systems Peek Plc told its annual meeting yesterday that it saw signs of a trading upturn in March : ‘ Although trading conditions in the first two months of the current year continued to be difficult , we have seen signs of improvement in March — there is currently a significant amount of enquiry and bidding activity and it is expected that this will translate into firm orders , ’ chairman Ken Maud said . |
| 12 | Though popularity did not necessarily translate into greater recognition in official circles , it did inhibit those in the two governments who would have liked to ditch him altogether . |
| 13 | The mayor 's office reckons that the $100m of private investment collected by Mr Ueberroth and his colleagues should translate into 5,000 new inner-city jobs — an unprecedented achievement not only for Los Angeles , but for blighted neighbourhoods anywhere . |
| 14 | But that did not translate into congested roads and pressure on commuter buses . |
| 15 | Proportional representation in Parliament might translate into disproportionate power in government in a way that would make the established first-past-the-post inequalities look rather more fair than is often seen to be the case . |
| 16 | Mr Jones said : ‘ He did make reference to the letter in the speech that he made and he did make positive noises but whether they will translate into positive actions we 'll have to wait and see . ’ |
| 17 | This last point does n't translate into ideal accuracy and agility , however , for apart from its detached feel it suffers a slow-motion response . |
| 18 | The spring entertainment of looking round the developers ' show houses might even translate into more sales — the combination of better weather and a better economic climate is a formidable friend for the salesman . |
| 19 | And this poverty needs correcting or greening will translate into more domination . |
| 20 | But she does not discuss how knowledge of these individual processes can translate into social action , nor , more fundamentally , how the unconscious can be made conscious . |
| 21 | Several of the smaller companies were attempting to launch production yachts which , they hoped , would blossom into strong one-design classes . |
| 22 | South Africa , who won their three tour games before Saturday 's Test , proved that before long their rehabilitation will blossom into full recovery . |
| 23 | It only needs to be a couple of shelves but think of all the thrills , spills and adventures you can pack into that space . |
| 24 | Allosaurus was about 11 metres long and could walk at 5 mph ( 8 kph ) , double the speed of the giant herbivores , who could retreat into deep water . |
| 25 | Players may not retreat into own 22 to kick into touch . |
| 26 | Either she took a step back , or she stayed where she was , aware that sooner or later she would plunge into that unknowable chasm . |
| 27 | There were to be no male heirs for Thomas — indeed , he was to father only one robust child who would survive into old age , as we shall see shortly . |
| 28 | She arched up against him as he found his way unerringly beneath her light sweatshirt to her naked breasts , her breath quickening as his thumbs grazed her nipples , making them pucker into hard little buds . |
| 29 | Glendinning 's ( 1992a ) study indicated that these may fall into four main groups . |
| 30 | Since herbs do so much for the flavour of food and its digestion , have such profound use in medicine , both for humans and animals , and have so much utilitarian value domestically in the home , and in the garden , it seems most unlikely that they will ever fall into such disuse again . |