Example sentences of "[adj] to turn [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the Second World War , Sir Barnes Wallis designed the ‘ Bouncing Bomb ’ of Dam Busters fame , which did much to turn the tide of war to victory for Britain . |
| 2 | Most of us agree that it would be handy to turn the loft into a bedroom , or have a conservatory tacked on to an outside wall , but can you imagine what it must be like living in a church , a factory or a windmill ? |
| 3 | The need for money made the lord increasingly concerned to turn the fiefs of his vassals to his own financial advantage when he could . |
| 4 | As we saw earlier , Francis Bacon was able to turn the doctrine of the Fall to advantage : Science would help restore that dominion over nature lost to humanity through Adam 's sin . |
| 5 | By means of an unprecedented policy of increasing its manufacturing efficiency through technology , and putting pressure on South Asia to export raw cotton , a trade which it had never previously engaged in , at the expense of calico , which was subject to high import duties , Britain was able to turn the tide against India , and later to flood that area with cheap cotton goods . |
| 6 | Most of the high-tech inward investment in Ireland is concentrated around Dublin and in Cork , and it seems to have been remiss on the part of the Industrial 7Development Agency that having enticed DEC to Galway , it was not able to turn the town into a centre of high-tech inward investment so that if DEC — or others — pulled out , there was every chance of attracting new ones . |
| 7 | PRESIDENT Bill Clinton was due to turn the course of American economic policy on its head last night when he detailed proposals to the US Congress that embrace a range of new taxes and reject 12 years of the ‘ Reagan Revolution ’ . |
| 8 | The old lady was right to turn the prayer on its head . |
| 9 | All the stars smoked in those days , but Henreid was the first to turn the habit to such sexual advantage . |
| 10 | However , from our present perspective it is actually more pertinent to turn the question round the other way and ask : why is it that some people , despite having a strong genetic disposition for psychotic illness do not actually break down — or , even if they do , are partly protected from its more devastating effects ? |
| 11 | It is enough to turn the brains of all the gilded youth of Hull . |
| 12 | However , since it is difficult to turn an autocrat into a democrat , or vice versa — ie. since a leopard can not change its spots … |
| 13 | It was also found to give excessive flange wear , and made it necessary to turn the wheels after 20,000 miles in service . |
| 14 | The ministry is keen to turn the area into a national park , seeing the monkeys , which show no fear of humans , as a potential attraction for " ecotourists " . |
| 15 | Those thoughts in themselves are sufficient to turn the occasion from a loving one into some sort of physical test — and of course the same thing happens again ; the man feels so tense and anxious that he is simply not able to perform sexually . |