Example sentences of "[adj] turn a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This turns a pure non-recourse loan into a limited recourse loan . |
| 2 | The aristocracy have found that out to their cost and that 's why they 're often willing to turn a blind eye to the occasional by-blow , provided it 's handled discreetly . |
| 3 | However much Cnut may have played the Christian king , he was , like other rulers , willing to turn a blind eye to church teaching when it suited him . |
| 4 | As British economists know only too well , it is easy to turn a blind eye to unwelcome truths of this kind and to indulge for decades in a form of national self-delusion . |
| 5 | ‘ It is hard to turn a blind eye to something so obvious and widespread , ’ wrote the author of a forestry text in 1962 . |
| 6 | He was a taciturn , curiously detached individual who seemed happy to turn a blind eye to any of his tenants ' ’ goings-on' , as Eleanor called them . |
| 7 | Given the challenge of competitive international markets , the corporate world , at least in its rhetoric , is keen to recruit bright graduates who as managers will be able to turn a critical eye on established practices . |
| 8 | ‘ He seems able to turn a pleasant pub into a speakeasy waiting for a raid . |
| 9 | In 1931 Japan resorted to force and occupied Manchuria , but the West , absorbed in its own problems , was able to turn a blind eye to such encroachments within the confines of East Asia . |
| 10 | G.K. Chesterton on the artifice of the simple life is enough to turn a Green purple , Orwell on Gandhi is subtle and sinewy and James Baldwin on being the first black man in a Swiss valley is dignified and sad . |
| 11 | A multi-vitamin and mineral tablet will not be enough to turn an unhealthy diet into a good one . |
| 12 | On these occasions the Chairman is wise to turn a deaf ear to the interruption . |
| 13 | Armed with this perspective , library staff may perhaps be more likely to respond to the specious logic of their political masters , eager to turn an honest penny as long as it will cause controversy and save money from the Westminster rate-cappers . |