Example sentences of "to turn to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for our devotions , I want to turn to psalm number one hundred . |
| 2 | This has left morale and funds low and has resulted in schools having to turn to Parent-Teacher Associations and businesses , in order to provide bare essentials like textbooks . |
| 3 | It will be easiest to explain the principles of heredity with the traits in which they were originally discovered , and only then to turn to behaviour . |
| 4 | corner where I use to turn to work Street , where you used to live |
| 5 | And lanthanum could become extremely valuable if the world decides to turn to hydrogen as a novel fuel ; a mixture of lanthanum and nickel absorbs hydrogen safely and easily and so could become an important storage mechanism for the gas . |
| 6 | For that procedure , we have therefore to turn to Schedule 1 . |
| 7 | Disappointment began to turn to irritation . |
| 8 | If I have been primarily expository hitherto ( and I have been because I believe Callinicos ' book to be the best on this subject that we have ) I will now begin to turn to criticism ; or at least to trying to ventilate that reservation which , faced by Callinicos , certainty , will not be stilled . |
| 9 | He has to turn to poetry . |
| 10 | Finally to turn to South Korea , and to examine the political , economic and strategic situation between 1948 and 1950 . |
| 11 | This is your period , ’ Mada Joyce 's concern began to turn to sternness . |
| 12 | An Oxfordshire consultant has told how specialist hospitals have to turn to charity for funds because the government does n't provide enough money . |
| 13 | This was because he had had TB at the end of the Great War , ( the First World War ) and any cold was liable to turn to pleurisy . |
| 14 | Once a worry-eater — usually a woman — learns to become more aware of herself and her emotions in the way shown in part II , she will be more able to control her reactions to stress and anxiety and less likely to turn to food for comfort . |
| 15 | The trouble started when ill-feeling over ticket allocations threatened to turn to violence as supporters of both sides braved the cold to make sure of their seats . |
| 16 | Robyn felt the sting of his mocking expression and hurriedly averted her eyes from his face , forcing herself to turn to Callum with an animated smile . |
| 17 | Paulus proceeded to turn to jelly , while Sanchez , the French Open champion , steeled herself and emerged a 6-4 , 6-7 , 7-5 winner . |
| 18 | He 's not the first gentleman to turn to crime to pay off his debts , but I suspect that had we brought him before a court he would have been declared insane . ’ |
| 19 | I fear that there will be a natural tendency for suppliers such as Sony to turn to consumer electronics and recorded music outlets with whom they already have business relationships , and who are able to live off low discounts . |
| 20 | A rising standard of living may have weakened the tendency to turn to religion for explanation or comfort . |
| 21 | Perhaps worst of all , there are those stressful situations where one is accustomed to turn to tobacco for support . |
| 22 | Gilbert felt moved by the film 's story — that of a woman forced by circumstances to turn to prostitution — to state that his own mother was a whore . |
| 23 | ‘ We will be looking closely at people who get involved with drugs and alcohol , those who are encouraged to turn to prostitution and those who are made homeless , ’ said Ms McHale . |
| 24 | At the same time , the president of the European Parliament , Mr Enrique Baron , described to the summit the list of demands for increased powers for MEPs to turn to page 24 , col 2 |
| 25 | I pretended not to notice it , and , as the students listened with bated breath , instructed them to turn to page thirty in Jespersen . |
| 26 | Can I say Chairman on on this report of the policy of the old policy and resources committee on the internal management of local authorities that was a very important issue because it 's I all issues are important but in particular the the seal the report is to inform the council of comments which the policy and resources committee has agreed to make the association of county councils on the recommendation of the joint working party on the internal management of local authority Now I 'm sure you , you 've waded through the report at least some of the during the last er week or so that er that you 've had it well I would advise you to turn to page thirty and thirty one because there 's lot eas and it 'll make life easier for you , if you do that and there on the bottom half of page thirty you will see the decisions of the policy and resources committee . |
| 27 | Right now I 'm going to turn to page thirty seven . |
| 28 | I had so little to offer , nothing to turn to account . |