Example sentences of "turn [art] [adj] [noun] of the " in BNC.

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1 Kafka turns the secret weapon of the novel against itself .
2 The proposed design procedure turns the geometric domains of the individual components into logical spaces by the over-mapping of the functional domains .
3 Most of the summer 's extra 20,000 or so are the families of Athenians who have turned the western side of the island into a hot-weather dormitory suburb .
4 At her lack of response , he turned the yellowing beam of the flashlight on her white face .
5 Between 18 or so delicious courses , as our hosts turned the revolving centre of the table to urge more of this dish or that , compliments were tossed back and forth .
6 This compensation is effected by turning the upper part of the rails over a vertical curve , thus diminishing the gradient of the incline and reducing the gravity effect of the upper tank .
7 turning the old green of the mound
8 The challenge arises from the fact that the Government is considering turning the day-to-day running of the social security system over to agencies .
9 The day before the Sale Arthur Crawford arrived with his plants for the Sale , suddenly as if by magic , turning a whole section of the pews into a beautiful living garden — perhaps the most appropriate way of all to support this particular cause ?
10 AT&T 's managers have been disappointed to find the unions turning a clean sweep of the committees into a test of the company 's good faith .
11 The Club is almost entirely financed by the proceeds it gets from turning a large part of the Club into a giant car park throughout The Championships .
12 Plants now began to turn the flying skills of the insects to their own advantage .
13 All I can say is that there in that creepy hut , I came to believe it was perfectly easy to turn the whole story of the world I knew into a world of story .
14 They work by reacting with the skin 's natural proteins to turn the top layer of the skin an authentic brown …
15 Otherwise , by securing railway concessions in Persia , the Russians could reach the Gulf and at one and the same time create their longed-for warm-water port and turn the western flank of the British in India .
16 Turn the sliding contact of the potentiometer to approximately mid-position .
17 Together they turn the dead heart of the city into a riot of passion .
18 SCIENTISTS in the US are planning to turn a cubic kilometre of the Antarctic ice sheet into a giant ‘ neutrino telescope ’ .
19 A £48m. scheme to turn a derelict loop of the Tees into a huge water park got underway this week .
20 Did He not turn the righteous wrath of the crowd back upon themselves and ask those among them who were without sin , to cast the first stone ?
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