Example sentences of "they turned out to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central reforms were eventually to adjust such discrepancies , but as with the tax changes , they turned out to be blunt bureaucratic instruments not sufficiently finely tuned to local needs . |
| 2 | They turned out to be totally placid ; just as well , since they are the size of hornets . |
| 3 | They turned out to be ladies ' . |
| 4 | It has not happened since the end of the Second World War , but before the 1987 election , when some commentators were predicting a hung parliament , much thought was given to what the Queen would do about forming a government if they turned out to be right . |
| 5 | They turned out to be very nice digs , but I was still faced , for the first time in my life , with the practicalities of keeping myself fed and clothed , and getting to lectures and passing exams . |
| 6 | Unfortunately they turned out to be two fools who did n't realise the time , and brought Mountain Rescue out combing the hill for them next morning . |
| 7 | They turned out to be practically unbreakable as well as hard-wearing . |
| 8 | I could hardly refuse to speak to such a good customer on the basis of your suspicions — however correct they turned out to be . |
| 9 | By some kind of irony this was exactly the reverse of the trouble with masonry cathedrals which fell down because they turned out to be in tension when the builders held that they were in compression . |
| 10 | He had been hoping they might be filled with something a little stronger than tobacco … having heard stories about Scandinavian teenagers … but was disappointed when they turned out to be regular cigarettes . |
| 11 | Still with Renault in 1982 he won the opening two rounds in Argentina and Brazil , after the disqualification of Piquet and Rosberg , but , sadly , they turned out to be his only successes . |
| 12 | If you bought some shoes described as leather and they turned out to be made of plastic then clearly you 've bought some shoes which are not as described . |
| 13 | And they turned out to be made of manmade fibres . |
| 14 | One day Victoria made herself a pair of earrings out of porcelain to go with a particular dress , and they turned out to be the start of a new part-time career . |
| 15 | They turned out to be a good power-rock band doomed by personality clashes and their own audacity . |
| 16 | Much to Oliver 's annoyance they turned out to be rather good at it . |
| 17 | The poor , when portrayed , were usually ‘ rescued ’ or adopted somehow , alternatively they turned out to be long lost daughters of land-owners , princes , or millionaires , stolen at birth by gypsies . |
| 18 | They turned out to be a good power-rock band doomed by personality clashes and their own audacity . |
| 19 | Often they turned out to be more like shocks , and she disliked the tension , the agitation , the feeling of disruption that frequently accompanied them . |
| 20 | We met the students on Sunday — had dinner with them in the Sichuan restaurant , as I said , and they turned out to be very pleasant , one girl ( whose blonde hair must strike the Chinese with amazement ) and three men , sporting their long hair in defiance of the Chinese preference for short back-and-sides . |