Example sentences of "[noun] turn [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cycle route turns sharp right and passes the West Gate entrance to Hopetoun House , Scotland 's finest Adam mansion and home of the Marquess of Linlithgow . |
| 2 | So , the wheel turns full circle , and the question is again asked , if there is a medical view regarding the determination of sex , what arguments exist for having a legal concept which coexists , but is not coextensive ? |
| 3 | Wheel turns full circle |
| 4 | CHEEKY Coronation Street star Ken Morley turned perfect angel yesterday to launch the Post Office 's set of Christmas stamps . |
| 5 | Defender turned star striker Paul Warhurst passed a fitness test after recovering from the groin injury that forced him to pull out of the England squad . |
| 6 | Merrill 's heart plumetted as the wheel turned full circle again . |
| 7 | Will the wheel of industry turn full circle ? |
| 8 | While it is not my intention to turn conventional theory on its head , it often happens that theories become accepted facts because people simply repeat them , without anyone ever questioning them . |
| 9 | The hectic action started in November with Clive Rice 's public-relations visit to India — Wessels 's successes on the tour earned him the man-of-the-series award — and ended six months later in frustration as the West Indians turned imminent defeat into a remarkable victory in one session on the final day of an historic Test , denying two excellent half-centuries by Wessels and Andrew Hudson 's debut century , the first for South Africa . |
| 10 | It has been stoked primarily by Mr Alexander Rutskoy , the Russian vice-president , who has warned that it may be time to review Khrushchev 's gift of Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 , and by President Kravchuk , a Communist Party boss turned Ukrainian nationalist . |
| 11 | Our chartered Sunsail 350 , La Pietra , rode contentedly with the other anchored boats in the shimmering heat of the afternoon , and it was not until the sun turned bright orange and began to drop rapidly seawards that anyone in the boat felt like stirring . |
| 12 | And John Millar will reveal all — well , a bit — about bad boy turned good guy Christian Slater and his latest movie True Romance . |
| 13 | At the three stone cairns turn sharp right and head downhill to the edge of the forest . |
| 14 | Rachel 's skin turned dusky gold . |
| 15 | In his first season at Arsenal he was cast in the role of footballer turned male model . |
| 16 | Why did he follow J R Ewing , the epitome of 1980s TV , with a western about a gunfighter turned foster father ? |
| 17 | Popular revolt begins to shake Romania , the last domino of Eastern Europe Hero of heroes turns Stalinist dinosaur . |
| 18 | Perhaps it was the shock , but the band turned heavy metal not long after . |
| 19 | Perhaps it was the shock , but the band turned heavy metal not long after . |
| 20 | John is an ex-international steeplechaser turned entrepreneurial agent , and he and Kim McDonald both do a fine job , mostly for distance runners , in finding all-important overseas competition for British athletes . |
| 21 | Their head turns glossy green with a double ‘ necklace ’ of white stripes on the neck , and the back develops a startling ‘ chequerboard ’ of black and white . |
| 22 | All of a sudden , the kidnapper turns perfect hostess . |
| 23 | Peter Banning ( Robin Williams ) is an American attorney turned corporate pirate , who wo n't find time for his children ( Charlie Korsmo and Amber Scott ) and sees no irony in accusing them of childishness . |
| 24 | And loyalists claim a second inmate was blinded for 48 hours after riot squad prison officers turned high-powered hose on his face . |
| 25 | Ellis could still work on behalf of Wales , notably in the appointment of a Welsh land commission , and the foundation of a University of Wales , both in 1893 ; but he disapproved of Lloyd George 's efforts to turn Welsh Liberalism into a nationalist movement somewhat on the lines of the Irish one . |
| 26 | type combined tail lamp and service number stencil carriers on the underside of the canopy against the head of the stairs , which were of the quarter turn direct type . |
| 27 | When Franco made his cabinet changes in July 1951 , his first choice for Minister of Education had been the Falangist turned Christian Democrat , Fernando María Castiella . |
| 28 | He was replaced by a former close colleague turned bitter critic , Donald Kalpokas . |
| 29 | There , Jack Williams and colleagues have been attempting to understand why most ( TMTSF ) 2 X compounds require high pressures to turn super conducting , while ( TMTSF ) 2 CO 4 does not ( Journal of the American Chemical Society , vol 105 , p 643 ) . |
| 30 | David Astor , Chairman of the Council for the Protection of Rural England , welcomed the proposals , saying that the government " now has an unprecedented opportunity to turn green rhetoric into effective policies and to begin to solve the long-standing problems of excessive development pressure in the south-east " . |