Example sentences of "[noun sg] turn [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a plot of sorts involves the intrigues of the Egyptian Queen , whose enfeebled brother and consort has no power to break her obsessive love for ‘ the Wanderer ’ , the story turns on the simple fact that Odysseus must for ever love an unattainable ideal . |
| 2 | At a roadside cottage at the end of the village ( a former toll bar ) , a narrow lane turns off the main road to the left and continues beyond a crossroads and the old railway track to start a long climb on the side of Casterton Fell and ultimately come to an end at Bullpot Farm . |
| 3 | One part turns on the other and sees it as worthless , leading to the self-reproaches and relentless self-criticism of melancholics . |
| 4 | Thus a great deal turns on the exact terms of the contract — whether it stipulates ‘ 200 tons of potatoes to be grown on Blackacre ’ or simply ‘ 200 tons of potatoes . ’ |
| 5 | Fifteen minutes passed and no car turned into the shaded driveway . |
| 6 | At that moment there sounded the unmistakable click of the key turning in the front door . |
| 7 | All the way home she found her mind turning to the red roses , and the person whose birthday it was . |
| 8 | The issue clearly was not the merit of William Hamilton as a pastor , and the duke felt that the question turned on the past and future services of the clergyman 's brother , the bailie . |
| 9 | ‘ Well — ’ The dung-collector turned on the top step of the church and pointed towards the frozen cemetery . |
| 10 | Those days Rose dreaded and fretted through and it was a kind of peace to turn to the two girls and the boy . |
| 11 | The settlement turned on the Four Points of 1854 . |
| 12 | ‘ Once the Springboks tired , the tide turned in the second half . |
| 13 | But the tide turned in the second game of the second set when Graf finally broke serve on her fourth break point . |
| 14 | The tide turned against the Labour government in its marginal defeat in 1951 because of what was seen to be its still strong commitment to state regulation and control and because of the new-found attractiveness of the free-market ideology offered by the Conservatives . |
| 15 | But as the lane turned into the metalled road , and Vitor remained mute , she cast him a glance . |
| 16 | Six weeks later when the Korean War erupted the focus of Acheson 's attention turned to the other side of the world but the concept of all-round defence meant that , for the US , strengthening France and Germany was now even more important in a Europe which , if strong enough , might deter communist aggression and in Asia where the aggression had already begun . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , with the decline of the bigger whales like the blue whale , right whale and others in the north Atlantic due to hunting pressures , attention turned to the smaller minke whale with the result that it too is becoming scarcer . |
| 18 | The de Warrenes had died out in the later middle ages , the priory was pulled down in 1538 , and with the disappearance of traditional authorities attention turned to the lesser but more numerous town houses of prosperous local merchants and the gentry who needed homes for the legal and social seasons . |
| 19 | All attention turned to the main reception doors again . |
| 20 | Public and press opinion turned against the whole concept , with Queen Victoria pronouncing it ‘ objectionable ’ and The Times declaring that ‘ the silver streak is our safety ’ . |
| 21 | When the mayor of Nablus , Zafir al Masri , was assassinated in March 1986 , his funeral turned into the largest pro-PLO demonstration the territories had seen for years . |
| 22 | Our local PFA Inspector Pat Barker kept a keen eye on our progress , monitoring our workmanship at all the recognised stages throughout the build , and on 8 March this year , Midge 's propeller turned for the first time under her own engine power , being a Monday , I naturally had the day as holiday ! |
| 23 | In Indonesia a large part of the argument which led on two occasions to undeclared war turned on the federal nature of the new state . |
| 24 | Jackson spoke softly , still looking out of the window , his head turned from the other man . |
| 25 | Although local bus video turned in the best WinTach Windows performance results , the Western Systems Paradise video accelerator produced some pretty good ones , too . |
| 26 | The ferry turned into the sluggish waters of the Channel . |
| 27 | This restricted freedom revolted Steven Morrissey , and his passion turned to the sixties when the ‘ George Best set ’ particularly liberated the city by proving that escapism is there for all who had eyes enough to avoid entrapment . |
| 28 | The neighbourhood changed about here as a stream of heavy traffic turned towards the old Woolwich Arsenal , depression on one side and the beginning of suburban prosperity on the other . |
| 29 | Only at times of crisis does the debate turn to the real cause of cuts in patient care . |
| 30 | There was no one in the apartment to turn on the electric blanket . |