Example sentences of "to turn [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] [art] " 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 rider does n't just lean the bike into the corner — he knocks the machine on to its side , pushing heavily on the right handlebar to turn the front wheel to the left and drop the machine to the right . |
| 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 | But their bid was rejected after 7,000 people signed a petition objecting to the scheme to turn the stately home into an hotel and leisure complex . |
| 10 | About 7,000 people signed a petition objecting to the scheme to turn the stately home into an hotel and leisure complex . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | One faction , called the Democratic Platform , wants to turn the Communist party into a social democratic one . |
| 13 | The challenge : to turn the Soviet Union into a market economy . |
| 14 | Because it is possible to turn the regressed patient into an observer rather than into someone undergoing the experience she was able to tell me everything that had happened in precise detail . |
| 15 | If only she could have waved a magic wand to turn the fat girl into a raving beauty . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Richmond councillors are worried about plans to turn the old cinema on the Ryders Wynd/Queens Road junction into a DIY shop . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Plants now began to turn the flying skills of the insects to their own advantage . |
| 20 | All I can say is that there in that creepy hut , I came to believe it was perfectly easy to turn the whole story of the world I knew into a world of story . |
| 21 | No asphalt and concrete monster this : instead , a national network using digital and fibre-optic technology to turn the humble television into an interactive medium for everything from video conferencing to home-shopping to movies-on-demand , computer games and databases . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They work by reacting with the skin 's natural proteins to turn the top layer of the skin an authentic brown … |
| 24 | The organisation wants to turn the disused school into a community centre offering religious , educational and leisure facilities . |
| 25 | Others have used their heads and tusks as battering rams to turn a deep ditch into a gentle wrinkle in the landscape . |
| 26 | ‘ He seems able to turn a pleasant pub into a speakeasy waiting for a raid . |
| 27 | Its impact can be compared to the way in which the Tories in Scotland managed to turn a predicted disaster into an additional two seats at the last UK elections . |
| 28 | 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 ! |
| 29 | Florist 's foam will help to turn a shallow bowl into a lovely container . |
| 30 | SCIENTISTS in the US are planning to turn a cubic kilometre of the Antarctic ice sheet into a giant ‘ neutrino telescope ’ . |