Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 What should have been three comfy nights in a five-star hotel with en-suite jacuzzis turns into a full-blooded , mud-covered fight for survival .
2 In the model shown in Fig. 5 , it is possible that the recognition helix fits into a wide minor groove rather than a major groove as shown , but such a binding of a helix-turn-helix motif would be unprecedented .
3 However , where a decision has been made to make redundancies and employees have been informed , the contingency crystallises into an actual liability .
4 I would guess quite a bit of money goes into the local economy .
5 Shadows merge into the snow ; the woodcut turns into a shadowy chalk drawing .
6 As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong .
7 As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong .
8 There is increasingly a feeling that the larger the firm the better it can withstand recessionary periods and the more effectively it can compete with other firms ; and these two sentiments may succeed each other as , say , a regional grouping for mutual protection develops into a nationwide conglomerate for enhanced profits .
9 In the afternoon they would don chamois gloves and make aimless ritual drives into the Green Belt , in-laws glumly ensconced in the back-seat , stopping at the side of an arterial road to circulate solemnly a vacuum flask .
10 Each entry goes into the Grand Draw , so the more monthly competitions you enter , the greater your chances of winning .
11 WELCOME BACK : Labour goes into the general election holding only one seat in the entire Central South Region .
12 And if Little Chef goes into a real decline will you promise to ring me ? ’
13 The card fits into a free expansion slot on the motherboard .
14 Reptiles and amphibians use a three-chambered heart , where blood goes into a separate part of the atrium on its way to the muscles , but the blood on its way back empties into the same ventricle .
15 ‘ There are a significant number who think their vote goes into a national pool and do not appreciate how voting by constituencies works .
16 His mouth develops into a tortured ‘ O ’ , his tonsils vibrate like a road drill , and his fists clench to white .
17 Yet when I coaxed Mala out of her cabin to have a look , she stared through the view-panel with her normal rosebud mouth compresses into a thin line .
18 Inside , the small terraced front entrance leads into a large , marble-floored lounge-bar and other public rooms include a ground floor restaurant which has wide windows and doors giving access right onto the beach .
19 Frankly , there are moments where the album dips into the downright maudlin .
20 There is still a great deal for CAMRA to do to ensure that a wide-ranging and diversified brewing industry survives into the 20th century .
21 It is brought out clearly , and even contrasted with the Hebrew view , in the Epistle to the Hebrews , 9 : 25–6 : ‘ Nor yet that he should offer himself often , as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with the blood of others ; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world ; but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself . ’
22 An agent enters into a contractual relationship with a third party on behalf of a principal ; the legal relationship is established between the principal and the third party , not the third party and agent .
23 Mr Mellor has never been given proper credit for showing sufficient resolution during the passage of the Broadcasting Bill to persuade his colleagues that ITV deserved to have its future determined by something more subtle than a contest to see who could stuff the most pound notes into a brown envelope earmarked for the Treasury .
24 Cotton wool falls into the first category .
25 If by any chance , you have still not encountered the fax machine , then its basic function is easily described : the fax transceiver plugs into a standard telephone socket , scans the document fed into it and then transmits the result electronically to a similar machine at the other end of the line where a facsimile document is printed out .
26 The movie escalates into a fierce round of bloodletting and violence , as the tangled relationship between wronged escaped convict Robert Redford , Jane Fonda ( his wife and mistress of oil baron James Fox ) come to a head .
27 Out of the term the department slips into a different mode .
28 Mix a teaspoon of sugar into the first glass , a teaspoon of tea leaves into the second glass and a teaspoon of washing powder into the third .
29 Next day , at the mum-and-toddler group , your gentle , chatty child turns into a little monster : she spitefully destroys another child 's sandcastle , throws a tantrum when she ca n't have the toy she wants , or screams in terror if you so much as walk across the room away from her .
30 Deciding that he must strike first to save himself , our hero launches into a well-practised routine .
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