Example sentences of "into [det] of a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the rhetoric is obvious , backed up as it is by the personification of instinctive animal behaviour into that of a desperate mother driven to crime . |
| 2 | The Amp Out section has just two settings : Off , for a straight amp signal and ‘ 4x12 ’ which really does transform the sound into that of a full-sized cab . |
| 3 | There is an inexorable logic about McCabe 's observation of the process by which the child Francie 's engaging , restless , questioning personality is gradually mutated by a brutalising absence of love or understanding or any sort of kindness , into that of a deranged adult murderer , behind whose insane and degraded behaviour , are still to be seen the vestigial lineaments of an injured child . |
| 4 | Neither Matthew nor the girl was aware that she had come into the room , and as Beth 's eyes went from the unique expression of wonder on the boy 's handsome face , to the girl 's slender form … the small budding breasts , and the young limbs that were already shaping into those of a young woman … a strange sense of revulsion shivered through her . |
| 5 | Under pressure from influential member states , the UN is trying to make itself into more of a military animal . |
| 6 | KnowledgeWare Inc , Atlanta software engineering products specialist has laid off 200 of its 1,150 employees , all of them in ‘ non-strategic ’ functions with 100 of the affected workers in Atlanta and the rest in Detroit , Boston and Europe : the cuts affect workers primarily in mainframe development and reflects the company 's movement into more of a client-server emphasis — employment overall grew during the quarter as a result of this emphasis ; research and development offices in Detroit and Boston are being closed as part of a consolidation it said . |