Example sentences of "[adv] turn to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If parents can not turn to the law to ensure that education authorities fulfil their obligations to every child in their care , then where else can they go ? ’ he said .
2 He did not turn to the centre-spread of college colours until he was outside again , guessing that he would need the privacy of a crowded pavement in which to confront a discovery that was as chilling as it was unsurprising .
3 After making first animal feed ( korm ) and only later cabbage soup ( shchi ) for the family , she may finally turn to the work that occupies the womenfolk from November until Lent — spinning flax from that blue-flowered , frail-leaved plant plucked by the root in handfuls in the August of 1921 .
4 While Thorne hoped that Russia would now turn to the war with increased resolve , the North branch moved to the 1918 BSP conference
5 We shall now turn to the material resources — petroleum , financial assets , military hardware and its framework — available to the two belligerents at the outbreak of war .
6 Although the unanimity of rural enthusiasm for army policies is open to question , it is clear that the rural community did not really turn to the left in its search for a solution to its problems .
7 Even more surprisingly , if a glass is dropped , we can immediately turn to the source of the sound , locating its position with extreme precision .
8 It seems that individual work with some group work is often beneficial , and we can certainly turn to the computer to provide some material .
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