Example sentences of "turn [pron] [noun sg] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
| 2 | Ecotopia turns its back on the capitalist treadmill of material progress-not by a return to pre-industrial forms and back to nature " but by developing a " high-tech " society that is designed to be compatible with the biosphere . |
| 3 | Mr Zacharopoulos , Documenta IX turns its back on the 1980s . |
| 4 | Burdened by hindsight , by a chronic fear of becoming bloated and self-indulgent , this indie generation tries to freeze-flame development at the point just before ‘ it all went wrong ’ , and so turns its back on the few things that went right . |
| 5 | The sergeant bumped over the sleeping-policemen and gazed at the neatly trimmed lawns and hedges with aggrieved jealousy in his eyes : the private estate was a symbol of a world from which he was excluded , a world of privilege and snobbery , a world that had turned its back on the poor , the sick and the unfashionable who had been swarming round their car only ten minutes before . |
| 6 | Rovers ' contract rebel , who is the subject of a reported £70,000 bid from Hull , has temporarily turned his back on the professional game to return to his amateur roots . |
| 7 | Speculation that he had turned his back on the fast world of Wall Street finance was fuelled by reports that he has spent his time in prison studying the Jewish religion . |
| 8 | Turning her back on the distant crowd , she sat and unbuttoned her top . |
| 9 | She turned her back on the endless waves . |
| 10 | She turned her back on the squabbling creatures and crept off along the footpath . |
| 11 | Instead of using a jack to take the weight , Jos turned his back on the front bumper , bent his knees and lifted the two leading tyres clear of the ground . |
| 12 | The 32-year-old libero , regarded as one of the most accomplished and stylish defenders in world soccer , turned his back on the national team last month to spend more time with his family . |
| 13 | Uncertainly , he turned his back on the prowling form of Jeopardy and attempted to curl his body into the movement Amber had disrupted . |
| 14 | He turned his back on the little girls , the poor one looking so much like the rich man 's child , as they disappeared into the house to eat their rice together . |
| 15 | By deliberately turning his back on the new spirit in art , Modigliani found himself excluded from most of the excitement and gaiety in the arts that flourished in spite of the war . |
| 16 | On the outside , the finest thing about it is the Romanesque triple apse , best seen by stepping into the graveyard ( and turning your back on the unpleasant modern monuments ) . |
| 17 | She got a contract to turn her thesis on the Industrial Novel into a book , and settled enthusiastically to the task . |
| 18 | ‘ , turn its back on the ancient temples and civic monuments within the city , to pay its respects in throngs to the martyrs beyond the walls . |
| 19 | In Paris , an engineering specialist in deep tunnelling in heavy rock strata , home on leave , made up his mind there and then to turn his back on the remaining two and a half years of his contract . |
| 20 | And while the book is largely about success , Andy bravely comes to terms with his feelings of doubt as he turns his back on the 1989 Makalu expedition . |
| 21 | If only she could turn her back on the golden Dane whose gaze still ensnared her , lose herself in the masses and find her own way back to the hotel , but she was held where she stood by invisible chains . |
| 22 | On Sept. 22 the President of the World Bank , Lewis Preston , called on donor nations to increase aid to developing countries , saying that " the international community must not turn its back on the poor " . |
| 23 | On the other hand , Burton Raffel ( 1983 : xxii ) writes in his translator 's introduction , " The translator must turn his back on the original … in order to be ultimately loyal to it . |