Example sentences of "[verb] to turn [art] [adj] [noun] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | He threatened to quit the hit series when writers tried to turn the gentle fireman-turned-'tec into a trendy , big-time operator involved with glamour girls and car chases : ‘ It just was n't on , ’ said Michael , back on Tuesday ( ITV , 9pm ) for a seventh Boon series , in a 13-week run . |
| 2 | The British ‘ aristocracy of labour ’ , a stratum peculiar to that country where the class of independent small producers , shopkeepers , etc. , was relatively insignificant , as was the lower middle class of white-collar workers and minor bureaucrats , helped to turn the Liberal Party into a party with genuine mass appeal . |
| 3 | One faction , called the Democratic Platform , wants to turn the Communist party into a social democratic one . |
| 4 | The organisation wants to turn the disused school into a community centre offering religious , educational and leisure facilities . |
| 5 | As we move into the Festive Season , our message to you and your partners is ‘ Thank You ’ you 've helped to turn an ordinary business into one filled with opportunity for us all to reap in the New Year . |
| 6 | The Canadians , more experienced than most in these matters , say that only a modest amount of special training is needed to turn a good soldier into a good peacekeeper . |
| 7 | At the most recent target for the Antipodian Don Quixote , who tilts not at windmills but at woodturners , and not wishing to turn a non-existent battle into a war of attrition , I can only wonder who Mike Darlow will focus his attentions on next ! |
| 8 | Lou Reed 's critical rehabilitation is threatening to turn the old sourpuss into rock ‘ n ’ roll 's first Professor of Literature . |
| 9 | Labour sought to turn the general election into a referendum on the NHS , asking voters for a mandate to reverse the changes . |
| 10 | First , the image ca n't be the ‘ supporting actor ’ , helping to turn a dreary document into something much more attractive , but without hogging the limelight . |
| 11 | Its impact can be compared to the way in which the Tories in Scotland managed to turn a predicted disaster into an additional two seats at the last UK elections . |
| 12 | Ellen would doubtless tell me that the senator was trying to turn an electoral liability into an advantage , meaning that if he could parade his cured children in front of the electorate he could then pose as both a noble parent and as an expert on drugs , but I preferred to ignore that imagined cynicism , choosing a different reservation . |
| 13 | The remaining yeast continues to turn the residual sugars into alcohol and also helps to purge the beer of the rough after-tastes created by fermentation . |
| 14 | DC Comics plan to turn the Caped Crusader into a drunken buffoon . |
| 15 | Florist 's foam will help to turn a shallow bowl into a lovely container . |
| 16 | I had been the first Chairman of Wells-Next-The-Sea , Town Council , but two or three years afterwards , we decided to turn , er , the old cinema , they wanted to turn the old cinema into a Dance Hall . |