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Example sentences of "[pron] turn [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Nothing turns on the statutory definition of those words : it is sufficient to note that from 1988 onwards , governors have been bound to admit a minimum specified number of applicants .
2	Nothing turns on the precise figures .
3	I turned into a gentle left hand bend , saw a queue of cars ahead and hit the brake .
4	I was nurturing this comforting thought when I turned into a large assembly room with numbered doors leading from it .
5	In one such mood I turned for the first time to Marcus Aurelius .
6	I turned to a medium natural to me when dealing with emotional occasions — versifying .
7	Idly I turned to a 1975 profile of Dr Arabella Melville .
8	Now I turned to the principal occupant of Frankenstein 's laboratory , to that sheeted figure lying on its bench surrounded by snuffling machines .
9	Then I turned to the other side of the coin — the Civil War that might break out , even if Reunion were voted in by a majority and approved by the Dáil .
10	Toby first — and I turned to the back pages of the Daily News .
11	Ritually I turned to the back pages of the Daily News to see a picture of a grinning Brian Harley holding the habitual poster-sized cheque beside the equally cheerful sponsor .
12	I turned to the third passenger .
13	Towards dawn I turn into a fat pale moth
14	By the time I turn into the little lane where I live it has become so intense that I usually slow down .
15	I turn on the other light on my side of the carriage .
16	For the rest of the book I turn to the second and in particular to what lies behind the mounting opposition to the Treaty , away from the fug and the isolation of Cabinet rooms , palaces and Chancelleries .
17	I turn to the next document on the tag and suddenly I am in a quite different and entirely familiar landscape of calm , double-spaced , wide-margined , cleanly typed Government A4 .
18	I turn to the next document on the tag .
19	I turn to the further question concerning an order for possession of 100 , Gurney Road with a view to its sale .
20	But colleagues , I , I , I turn to the regrettable series of events that Tom has er already described because a virulent form of spring fever seems to have infected the Labour Party .
21	Erm I turn to the last paragraph motion Mr Chairman .
22	Before you start on that do you mind if I turn off the flickering television screen ?
23	The answers to these questions will be found in the analysis of cultural-ideological transnational practices and , in particular , the culture-ideology of consumerism in the Third World , to which I turn in the next chapter .
24	This is signalled by a brief bleep , which turns into a frantic beeping when the Expert 's battery is about to run dry .
25	It is part of the daily truck in street markets ; it the kind of thing which turns on the average car dealer ; it is part and parcel of many of the transactions carried out in the building trade and cash or at least early settlement means a better price for the retailer when negotiating with a manufacturer .
26	Finally there 's the ultra slim Ibanez FGM 100 Frank Gambale Signature model , which turns from a lightweight jazz/fusion guitar into a heavyweight rock monster at the tweak of a pot .
27	On that day some 5,000 students and others , led by monks , began a peaceful protest which turned into a violent confrontation with police when a student raised the " fighting peacock " , symbolizing defiance of the SLORC .
28	I picked a fight with the biggest one , which turned into a full-pitch playground battle , and went home with a bloody nose , two black eyes and a front tooth missing . ’
29	The well organised races started with the 10K which turned into an all British affair .
30	This is my pivot on which to turn to the last , and I think most important category of what you call the breakdown of law and order , because it leads us to concentrate our attention not on the silent majority but on another point in society .