Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The neat , symmetrical plot turns on just this physical likeness . |
| 2 | Waiting in a traffic jam the engine turns over so silently Dominique has to rev to make sure the car has n't stalled . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're looking , Chris , at a golfing asset which turns over around four million pounds a year . ’ |
| 4 | We can note , too , that the tippe-top differs markedly from the gyroscope : a tippe-top turns over spontaneously — indeed , it is hard to stop it from doing so — whereas a considerable amount of effort is required to flip over a gyroscope . |
| 5 | In the opposite case the transistors 12 and are turned on so that the current direction in the phase winding is reversed . |
| 6 | In fact I got turned on so much I come . |
| 7 | So is it turned on now ? |
| 8 | It is turned on now . |
| 9 | And I also rely on my evidence of of quoting another custodian of Government policy namely the Prime Minister and its current Prime Minister erm who makes the point that proposals for development must not be turned down simply because it is the safest course . |
| 10 | The Park West ward councillor , Mrs Heather Scott ( Con ) , told the meeting the original application was turned down partly because of Ministry of Transport objections about traffic access . |
| 11 | With regard to nuclear electricity , however , if we have nuclear electricity , which ca n't be turned down conveniently , then electric cars mostly would be sitting in garages overnight recharging , and that is when the natural trough in consumption of electricity occurs and therefore the use of electric cars could help to smooth the demand for electricity . |
| 12 | Of the rest , 38% had approval withheld until certain conditions had been met and 32% had been turned down altogether . |
| 13 | Even if you 've been turned down elsewhere . |
| 14 | Because your application to become Pope has been turned down yet again . |
| 15 | The experience of the Birmingham Money Advice Centre ( Appendix III ) underlines this , showing how credit applications may be turned down even from single parents with jobs and well-kept bank accounts . |
| 16 | The requests have always been turned down usually for financial reasons . |
| 17 | PLANS for an extra-smoochy end to nights out at a Darlington bar and nightclub were turned down yesterday . |
| 18 | The flame was turned down very low . |
| 19 | ‘ Almost all are turned down very quickly , ’ said a planning officer from the council . |
| 20 | And it 's been turned down twice . |
| 21 | If for example women were turned down more often than men because their employment history was shorter , they were not in a skilled job , and they did not have a bank account , this would not constitute discrimination against women — as the conditions , only part of an overall scoring system , would not be absolute . |
| 22 | Codron tried to get it on at the Royal Court — on the face of things , an ideal setting-but it was turned down there , too . |
| 23 | Recently there have been a number of instances when our generation was turned down mainly because of restriction imposed by the National Grid Co. in England for construction and upgrading work . |
| 24 | However that 's a , I mean tha I I I think her , she 's always turned in twice the level that the formula assumes , or at least twice |
| 25 | Even if the snake is turned over again and again , it always flips itself back into the inverted posture , an over-eager dying act that completely gives the game away . |
| 26 | Party opinion was mollified by the Derby Scheme of November 1915 , whereby the agents and activists of both parties were used to canvass for recruits ; the party organization was turned over entirely to recruiting and the scheme cost the party £29,000 . |
| 27 | The stock editor system reached a point in some authorities where work on the stock was turned over almost entirely to the ‘ specialist ’ officer , and librarians at service points were denied any real voice in stock provision . |
| 28 | Mr Glennie , who designed the trimaran , said it had turned over about 700 nautical miles east of the International Date Line during a gale . |
| 29 | The company only turned over about three million pounds last year , and made profits of just over a hundred thousand . |
| 30 | Your tank , despite its length , holds only 240 litres , which should be turned over once every hour . |