Example sentences of "[adj] to turn [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was aware of the strong emotional needs people had for certainty and for a surrogate parental-authority figure , and he was always wary of the tendency among some to turn psychoanalysis into a religious system , and perhaps himself into a sacred authority . |
| 2 | The attempt in the 1890s to turn headmen into policemen in Kurunagala was widely considered a failure , and even officials responsible for the province at the time emphasized the importance of coconut plantations in the decline of cattle theft . |
| 3 | " The cabinet diplomacy at which ( Bismarck ) excelled in the 1860s was no longer possible in the 1880s ; public opinion was beginning to influence policy making it impossible to turn friendships on and off at will . " |
| 4 | But unlike Donald White , Hall had been able to turn fantasy into reality . |
| 5 | To be able to turn dreams into reality requires power . |
| 6 | Governments could do little to turn immorality into morality , or bad characters into good . |
| 7 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that the West Midlands regional health authority has just issued a special paper welcoming the patients charter and agreeing to do everything possible to turn rights into realities ? |
| 8 | When Paneth and Peters tried to turn hydrogen into helium they were following in the traditions of the ancient alchemists who wanted to convert base metals into gold . |
| 9 | The Soviet proposal in the early 1960s to turn Berlin into a ‘ free city ’ was closer to traditional concepts of neutralisation . |
| 10 | Without them , the conservative National Action Party , which already governs Merida , appears certain to turn Yucatan into only the third state in Mexico 's history to elect an opposition governor . |