Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] it into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far I have discussed the example of the missile and its specific antidote without stressing the evolutionary , progressive aspect , which is , after all , the main reason for bringing it into this chapter . |
| 2 | Secondly , having collated this information , they must find a way of translating it into actual literature . |
| 3 | Remove the vanilla pod , skim the jam , and let it cool for a few minutes before turning it into small jars . |
| 4 | Rub the meat with salt ( about a couple of tablespoonsful ) and let it stand overnight or at least a few hours before cutting it into 1 ½-inch thick strips along the grooves left by the bones . |
| 5 | ‘ If you can hit your killer 's face before you croak we can probably get him , ’ SOCO said helpfully , as he examined a gory piece of Sellotape before slipping it into one of his brown paper bags and carefully labelling it . |
| 6 | The show will coincide with an international congress of archaeologists , and it is hoped to tour it to the US , France , Japan and Germany before converting it into permanent museum . |
| 7 | Helen will want the wedding to take place from here , but I 'll have to hold her back from making it into such a big affair that it will take months to prepare . ’ |
| 8 | On the other hand , if the landlord is likely to relet the demised property at the end of the tenancy without incorporating it into any greater unit it may be prudent to spread the termination dates so as to prevent a cash flow crisis , which might be occasioned by too many voids at the same time . |
| 9 | He sliced a quarter-inch off the block and went back to chopping it into fine powder . |
| 10 | There are no firm legal rules about the proper approach that a company should adopt , but often it will be reasonable to look at the organisation as a whole , without dividing it into separate compartments . |
| 11 | The pressure on computer manufacturers to provide for the proper disposal of used computer equipment , which goes beyond dumping it into approved landfills , continues to build from both within and without the industry . |
| 12 | The key is to start with something simple ; 95 per cent of the decisions you make are unconscious — for example , when you drive a car you never really think about putting it into first or second gear . |
| 13 | a system is abolished only by pushing it into hyperlogic , by forcing it into an excessive practice which is equivalent to a brutal amortization … |
| 14 | Iran has , after all , infringed British sovereignty by forcing it into massive protection for one of its own citizens . |
| 15 | Furthermore , plants utilize carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that animals eject , and animals Bean yet more energy from the environment by utilizing the oxygen that plants eject by converting it into new combinations of chemicals . |
| 16 | This material can be used in reactors by converting it into mixed ( MOX ) fuel . |
| 17 | Labour 's transport spokesman , John Prescott , called on the Government to rescue the project by taking it into public control . |
| 18 | The Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania ( HDUR ) , alleging that the census form was designed to weaken the Hungarian minority by dividing it into four or five ethnic groups , condemned the census , and called on Jan. 14 for an alternative census of the Hungarian population to be carried out . |