Example sentences of "to turn [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A third recent order is for a groundnut sorter , which could play an important role in a project to turn the Egyptian desert into fertile land . |
| 2 | Their policies culminated in attempts to turn the young towns into vast cooperative centres , by bringing industry to the settlements . |
| 3 | The Prime Minister 's undertaking to move swiftly to the market economy was given tangible form on July 20 , 1990 , in the presentation to parliament of bills to create the legal framework for such an economy and to turn the great majority of state-owned businesses into autonomous enterprises and companies with share capital . |
| 4 | However , it is important to turn the folded skinflaps to normal position as direct pressure can irreversibly damage them . |
| 5 | Given the challenge of competitive international markets , the corporate world , at least in its rhetoric , is keen to recruit bright graduates who as managers will be able to turn a critical eye on established practices . |
| 6 | Its permanent members tended to turn a myopic eye to brutal domestic behaviour on the argument that ‘ he may be a sonofabitch but he 's our sonofabitch . ’ |
| 7 | As British economists know only too well , it is easy to turn a blind eye to unwelcome truths of this kind and to indulge for decades in a form of national self-delusion . |