Example sentences of "by turning [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The revolution , through state control , has given agricultural labourers greater security and better wages by turning them into state employees . |
| 2 | Alcoves and corners can all be put to good use by turning them into highly attractive display features . |
| 3 | The government also proposed a new media policy , giving the television service , Doordarshan , and All-India Radio autonomy by turning them into public corporations , similar to the status enjoyed in the United Kingdom by the British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) . |
| 4 | EVC , an ICI/EniChem joint-venture PVC manufacturing company , recycles PET and PVC bottles by turning them into powder or granules and selling these on . |
| 5 | Estella and Miss Havisham reduce the reader 's sympathy towards Pip by turning him into a snob at the beginning and Magwitch helps to redeem Pip at the end by bringing out his loyalty . |
| 6 | They deconstructed our clear path to freedom by turning us on ourselves . |
| 7 | THE BRAIN EMO story PART 2 : ‘ He tried to change the world by turning it on its side and calling it something else ’ |
| 8 | Resist that temptation by turning it on its head . |
| 9 | He degrades the nobility of the place by turning it into a weekend retreat ; the human beings firmly under his sway — the Damsels , and the Artist — do not question his purpose , and he announces that his achievement will last for ever : |
| 10 | Instead of using It ( a cleft structure ) , an identifying theme places an element in theme position by turning it into a nominalization using a wh-structure ( called a pseudo-cleft structure ) , as in What the book received in China was a great deal of publicity , or What was received by the book in China was a great deal of publicity . |
| 11 | Although I partly agree with Jacqueline Prelimo that photographs represent an attempt to possess the moment by turning it into something tangible ( Letters NI 185 ) , I have some reservations . |
| 12 | Now that is a humiliating experience , so you get through by turning it into a joke . |