Example sentences of "to turn [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the lead Willem Dafoe is excellent , but some questions should be asked about the filmmakers ' decision to turn the real Auschwitz into a ‘ period ’ location set . |
| 2 | The Bishop of London , Tait , agreed , adding that ‘ Any pity called up for the unfortunate Charles I was likely to be dissipated by statements in the services which were so exaggerated that it was likely when read to turn the staunchest Royalist into a parliamentarian . ’ |
| 3 | The British ‘ aristocracy of labour ’ , a stratum peculiar to that country where the class of independent small producers , shopkeepers , etc. , was relatively insignificant , as was the lower middle class of white-collar workers and minor bureaucrats , helped to turn the Liberal Party into a party with genuine mass appeal . |
| 4 | I 've learned to turn the other cheek in a manner that would make Christian proud . |
| 5 | DC Comics plan to turn the Caped Crusader into a drunken buffoon . |
| 6 | For a start , a company board might decide , in recession , to turn the profit-sharing scheme into a loss-sharing scheme and reduce salaries . |
| 7 | He threatened to quit the hit series when writers tried to turn the gentle fireman-turned-'tec into a trendy , big-time operator involved with glamour girls and car chases : ‘ It just was n't on , ’ said Michael , back on Tuesday ( ITV , 9pm ) for a seventh Boon series , in a 13-week run . |
| 8 | Labour sought to turn the general election into a referendum on the NHS , asking voters for a mandate to reverse the changes . |
| 9 | Heads as they appoint new staff have the chance to turn the long-term realization of a school 's plan into a shared reality , but the same commitment can also be won from those teachers who are at a school when a new head arrives . |
| 10 | One faction , called the Democratic Platform , wants to turn the Communist party into a social democratic one . |
| 11 | The challenge : to turn the Soviet Union into a market economy . |
| 12 | If only she could have waved a magic wand to turn the fat girl into a raving beauty . |
| 13 | I had been the first Chairman of Wells-Next-The-Sea , Town Council , but two or three years afterwards , we decided to turn , er , the old cinema , they wanted to turn the old cinema into a Dance Hall . |
| 14 | In order to turn the National Gallery into a viable concern , he will need to find private sponsorship and patronage , but although a Friends society has been launched , attracting sponsorship will prove extremely difficult until a new tax law designed to encourage personal and corporate donations to culture and sport is introduced . |
| 15 | Rejecting medical evidence that he had suffered a heart attack brought on by stress and aggravated by a syphilitic condition , the Nazis used the funeral to turn the dead man into a Nazi martyr . |
| 16 | The organisation wants to turn the disused school into a community centre offering religious , educational and leisure facilities . |
| 17 | Others have used their heads and tusks as battering rams to turn a deep ditch into a gentle wrinkle in the landscape . |
| 18 | ‘ He seems able to turn a pleasant pub into a speakeasy waiting for a raid . |
| 19 | At the most recent target for the Antipodian Don Quixote , who tilts not at windmills but at woodturners , and not wishing to turn a non-existent battle into a war of attrition , I can only wonder who Mike Darlow will focus his attentions on next ! |
| 20 | Florist 's foam will help to turn a shallow bowl into a lovely container . |
| 21 | Later city rulers , the Austrians , tore down the original front wing of the building to turn a courtyarded palace into a three-winged palace around the piazzetta . |
| 22 | The Canadians , more experienced than most in these matters , say that only a modest amount of special training is needed to turn a good soldier into a good peacekeeper . |
| 23 | The Grimsby left-hander 's semi-final opponent on Wednesday will be Jimmy White , who won the last seven frames in a row to turn a 5-2 deficit into a 9-5 win over Doug Mountjoy . |
| 24 | The Grimsby left-hander 's semi-final opponent on Wednesday will be Jimmy White , who won the last seven frames in a row to turn a 5-2 deficit into a 9-5 win over Doug Mountjoy . |
| 25 | IT SOUNDED the most thankless task in television : to turn a sagging soap into a runaway success story . |
| 26 | ‘ The aim is , where possible , to turn a short-life product into a long-life one , ’ comments Dent . |
| 27 | Kanza lost the lead on the second leg run when her spinnaker pole broke allowing America to turn a 23-second deficit into a 56-secon lead . |
| 28 | A multi-vitamin and mineral tablet will not be enough to turn an unhealthy diet into a good one . |
| 29 | A STOCKTON woman 's bid to turn an empty shop into a taxi office is to go to a public appeal . |