Example sentences of "[noun] turn the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The leaders of populist movements may be much more dependent upon receiving continuous high levels of electoral and political support , and hence unable to prevent mass demands turning the normal process of elite competition temporarily into a monistic system of domination . |
| 2 | The ensuing exchange over the months turned the whole cast of Balzac 's Comédie Humaine into Katherine 's familiars and gave her an awareness of greed and ambition , love and betrayal far beyond her years . |
| 3 | A jealous rival turned the lovely Etain into a fly and she was carried away by the winds . |
| 4 | In this latter attempt to turn the coercive action of metaphor back on itself lies the seed of the type of metaphor developed in Such . |
| 5 | They work by reacting with the skin 's natural proteins to turn the top layer of the skin an authentic brown … |
| 6 | The rider does n't just lean the bike into the corner — he knocks the machine on to its side , pushing heavily on the right handlebar to turn the front wheel to the left and drop the machine to the right . |
| 7 | The steam engine to turn the winding drum , located in a wooden engine-house behind the conduit and constructed above a boiler-house rebated into the earthwork supporting the upper part of the planes , was a twin-cylinder high pressure jet condensing type . |
| 8 | Kirov turned the brief list over in his mind , and a degree of optimism returned . |
| 9 | Behind me , the candle I had so carefully placed in the dry straw in the garret of Le Coq d'Or kindled into life and the flames turned the evil tavern into a blazing inferno . |
| 10 | After the Western allies turned the western part of Germany into a sovereign state , the Soviets followed suit and the German Democratic Republic was founded on 7 October 1949 . |
| 11 | Such overt aggression turned the Labour Party away from pacifism and towards the acceptance of a degree of force to implement collective security . |
| 12 | The brilliance of its colours turned the remembered garden outside into monochrome . |
| 13 | A film director turned the Jewish judge in ‘ The Bonfire of the Vanities ’ black , to avoid giving offence . |
| 14 | Stephen turned the main light off and returned to his father 's desk . |
| 15 | Julia turned the big collar of her fur coat up round her face and David took her arm . |
| 16 | Torrential rain turned the main street through Peterchurch into a fast flowing river — cutting the village off and catching it 's residents by surprise . |
| 17 | Rejecting medical evidence that he had suffered a heart attack brought on by stress and aggravated by a syphilitic condition , the Nazis used the funeral to turn the dead man into a Nazi martyr . |
| 18 | According to the Far Eastern Economic Review of Oct. 24 , the adoption of the independence clause was an attempt by the DPP to turn the National Assembly elections into a tacit referendum on independence . |
| 19 | It had been a way of escaping from the poverty into which her family had sunk , and she knew that by working hard for long , tiring hours and helping Fred turn the mediocre business into one that was thriving and profitable she would one day be able to help her parents and her brother too . |
| 20 | Kafka turns the secret weapon of the novel against itself . |
| 21 | She made a V-sign turned the wrong way — a silent expletive — and made for the stairs . |
| 22 | Dublin had feared that up to £6 billion in EC aid could be lost if pro-life campaigners turned the forthcoming referendum seeking approval for the Maastricht Treaty into a plebiscite on abortion . |
| 23 | But the shrewd and hard-working daughter of the 14th Earl of Glamis turned the dire situation completely on its head . |
| 24 | Furthermore , it is utter nonsense in any event to turn the mere similarity of habitation into a similarity of personality , for that would be to argue the proposition that if two people occupy the same room they thereby become exactly like each other in their minds and in their actions . |
| 25 | Heads as they appoint new staff have the chance to turn the long-term realization of a school 's plan into a shared reality , but the same commitment can also be won from those teachers who are at a school when a new head arrives . |
| 26 | The 320 watt motor turns the double-bladed cutter block at 15,000rpm , meaning the wood is shaved 30,000 times a minute . |
| 27 | Magill turned the heavy glass in his hand studying the reflections on his drink . |
| 28 | If only she could have waved a magic wand to turn the fat girl into a raving beauty . |
| 29 | Inmos Ltd has won approval from the European Commission to turn the Esprit-funded Harmony project into commercial products , in partnership with micro-kernel vendor Chorus Systemes SA and parallel computer experts Archipel of Annecy-le-Vieux , France . |
| 30 | Richmond councillors are worried about plans to turn the old cinema on the Ryders Wynd/Queens Road junction into a DIY shop . |