Example sentences of "to turn [adv] to [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a cross wind it almost always pays to turn off to the down wind side first . |
| 2 | There would be no wasted space and we would still be able to turn directly to the required name . |
| 3 | The advent of war was not seen by Unionists as a need to turn back to a conventional patriotism , for Unionists had never doubted the patriotism of their previous stance . |
| 4 | If the new government — whoever heads it — wants to avoid an embarrassing , inflationary and recession-reinforcing rise in mortgage rates , it must allow societies to turn increasingly to the international money markets . |
| 5 | In the 1950s and 60s , when Britain itself needed workers , it seemed obvious to turn again to the vast army of labour which waited in the colonies and ex-colonies , and whose situation itself had been created by colonialism . |