Example sentences of "[v-ing] it into a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has seized and deformed it , in each region twisting it into a latent value-system which , put into an abstract , depersonalized form , has in one place produced the French revolutionary ideal , in another Anglo-Saxon liberalism , elsewhere communism , Muslim fundamentalism , social democracy , Buddhist socialism , and many other secondary forms . |
| 2 | The engine was redesigned by Mickie eliminating the airscrew , reversing it in the airframe , and incorporating it into a modified model W-4 autogiro airframe . |
| 3 | The rationale was simple : if arsenic could be made into a better drug by incorporating it into an organic compound , why not mercury ? |
| 4 | He removed the stereo from his brother 's car , to make it look as if it had been stolen , before pushing it into a water-filled quarry . |
| 5 | A landfall had probably blocked off the river centuries back , forcing it into a fresh path . |
| 6 | a system is abolished only by pushing it into hyperlogic , by forcing it into an excessive practice which is equivalent to a brutal amortization … |
| 7 | UNEP , it is worth recalling , was born out of the 1972 Stockholm conference ; the 1992 anniversary conference will be the time to consider turning it into a full-blown UN agency with more funds at its disposal . |
| 8 | McDonald outlines it thus : ‘ A : find the best artists you can ; B : keep them in a creative mood so that they make the best records they can , and C : maximise the sales of the records everywhere without turning it into a real form of drudgery for them . ’ |
| 9 | After a while , though , dismissing her memories , Ruth began to like it ; the sun was behind the mist , turning it into a glimmery silver haze ; and at least it was a different sort of weather . |
| 10 | Even the simplest VAT eats up 2–4% of its revenues in administrative costs ; the BTU tax may eat up as much as 10–20% , turning it into a full-employment programme for bureaucrats . |
| 11 | When this happens , some people respond by pouring paraffin over that fire , turning it into a blazing inferno ( i.e. panicking , hyperventilating , catastrophizing , avoiding , etc. ) , while others sensibly dampen down the blaze with a wet blanket ( i.e. relaxing , thinking positively , goal planning , problem solving , and self assertion ) . |
| 12 | He largely reshaped this family business , rescuing it from near bankruptcy in the 1860s , extending it into tinplate in Monmouthshire , carrying through several amalgamations , and turning it into a public company in 1902 . |
| 13 | The Tory party is often an amiable shambles , but the Maastricht process is turning it into a neurotic press gang . |
| 14 | ‘ Tell him Edward 's turning it into a conservation area for endangered species . |
| 15 | At present the beer is bottom-fermenting in the lager style but Bitburger are considering turning it into a top-fermenting beer . |
| 16 | Herrhausen and Mr Reuter wanted to accelerate Daimler 's hesitant steps towards diversification , turning it into a huge manufacturing conglomerate capable of leading German industry to a high-tech future and big enough to compete with the giants of American and Japanese industry . |
| 17 | With no qualifications and precious little experience , she has taken on the job of Princess of Wales and is turning it into a significant career — and at the same time has brought up two small boys . |
| 18 | In this way Ulthuan drains magic out of the known world and prevents the tide of magic overwhelming everything and turning it into a seething realm of Chaos . |
| 19 | The Schwarzlose could also be fired from a monopod , turning it into a light machine-gun . |
| 20 | Because making the material itself is a lot harder than turning it into a rudimentary bomb , it is the tight control of plutonium and uranium that has until now restricted the spread of nuclear weapons . |
| 21 | Like the Tubwell torrentor it had a disconcerting habit of flooding the road and turning it into a muddy cesspool . |
| 22 | The Plant committee was expected to report to the Labour Party conference in the autumn , but Mr Kinnock denied that turning it into an official government commission was a delaying tactic . |
| 23 | ‘ Or these , ’ she added , picking up a gossamer fine silk stocking and crumpling it into a weightless ball in her hand . |
| 24 | Right form the start they get the club into the wrong position , meaning they have no hope of getting it into a good position afterwards . |
| 25 | In the kitchen , you can provide temporary extra outlets at worktop level by fitting a four-way strip adaptor to the wall and plugging it into a nearby socket outlet . |
| 26 | Now is , is the fact that they do n't do that , they still go for this rent and interest rate reduction is it because of the experience of the north , they found that the best way in the north was to go for rent reduction , interest rate reduction and then go on , and they were simply taking that experience into the south , but taking it into a different area where it was no longer necessary or appropriate ? |
| 27 | He nodded , not understanding why she should want it , but took it from his pocket and , edging down the bank , reached out and handed it to her , watching as she unscrewed the top , transforming it into a tiny cutting tool . |
| 28 | Maxwell 's good judgement came in taking over the BPCC printing business and transforming it into a global communications empire . |
| 29 | Even after the iconoclasm of the Reformation , when much of the abbey church survived only because of its adaptation as parish church , James VI fell under its spell , granted it to his queen , Anne of Denmark , and set about refashioning it into a sumptuous palace . |
| 30 | Fight discrimination by incorporating the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law and then extending it into a full UK Bill of Rights . |