Example sentences of "[noun sg] turn on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a plot of sorts involves the intrigues of the Egyptian Queen , whose enfeebled brother and consort has no power to break her obsessive love for ‘ the Wanderer ’ , the story turns on the simple fact that Odysseus must for ever love an unattainable ideal . |
| 2 | DIRECTOR Roman Polanski turns on the shock treatment in the passionate but quite perverse BITTER MOON ( Cert 18 ; West End ) . |
| 3 | Not the other respectable brigade , and indeed in Eden End , the whole play turns on the jealousy of the sister , who remained at home . |
| 4 | One part turns on the other and sees it as worthless , leading to the self-reproaches and relentless self-criticism of melancholics . |
| 5 | Foreign investment turns on the attitude of international institutions such as the IMF and World Bank and on a major creditor , the Japanese . |
| 6 | Thus a great deal turns on the exact terms of the contract — whether it stipulates ‘ 200 tons of potatoes to be grown on Blackacre ’ or simply ‘ 200 tons of potatoes . ’ |
| 7 | Since the question turns on the meaning of the word ‘ appropriates ’ in section 1(1) of the Act of 1968 , the problem is therefore one of statutory interpretation and it will be helpful to start by setting out the immediately relevant provisions of the Act : |
| 8 | He said that at the end of the day the appeal court was concerned with the proper interpretation of the act and the issue turned on the words used in it . |
| 9 | . There is a second turning on the left do n't worry . |
| 10 | The answer to this question turned on the matter of knowledge . |
| 11 | The issue clearly was not the merit of William Hamilton as a pastor , and the duke felt that the question turned on the past and future services of the clergyman 's brother , the bailie . |
| 12 | ‘ Well — ’ The dung-collector turned on the top step of the church and pointed towards the frozen cemetery . |
| 13 | Although much of the discussion of this measure turned on the opening of the door to needed skilled workers ( and compassionately to relatives of earlier migrants ) , the larger purpose was not in doubt . |
| 14 | The settlement turned on the Four Points of 1854 . |
| 15 | Mason v. New South Wales , 102 C.L.R. 108 was a case where the ratio decidendi of the majority turned on the principle of duress . |
| 16 | The Irish courts have held that a child which was born deformed in consequence of an injury to its mother , caused by the fault of a railway company on whose line she was travelling , could not recover damages ; but the decision turned on the view that the company , not having means of knowledge of its presence , owed no duty towards it . |
| 17 | The certainty of place turns on the lights |
| 18 | The difference turns on the fact that his view is empiricist , whereas theirs very definitely is not . |
| 19 | Rachel Stevens blinked as Ron Banks , the health and safety officer , flicked the switch of the video recorder and someone at the back of the room turned on the light . |
| 20 | The outcome turned on the block votes of union delegations at opposite ends of the conflict ; for and against establishing a separate body . |
| 21 | The 24-year-old turned on the style to stretch the Crues ' unbeaten run and book a Gold Cup quarter-final spot . |
| 22 | In Indonesia a large part of the argument which led on two occasions to undeclared war turned on the federal nature of the new state . |
| 23 | Once round the low barrier of the gatehouse and the prefabricated museum building , with her back turned on the plateau along which the road cruised towards distant Silcaster , the shallow , silver-green bowl of the book-jacket opened before her , wide and tranquil . |
| 24 | His head turned on the pillow towards her when she came in . |
| 25 | It was the worst thing — unless the old ewe turned on the dog and went for it . |
| 26 | The Tuscan turned on the mechanic . |
| 27 | There was no one in the apartment to turn on the electric blanket . |
| 28 | Success turns on the ability of candidates , first , to attract financial contributions as tokens of personal support ; second , to construct an effective personal organization ; and , third , to establish a good personal relationship with the voters . |
| 29 | At the gates , frustration turns on the police , once again called on to enforce an industrial relations strategy . |
| 30 | The outlook for Ocean turns on the United States . |