Example sentences of "[adj] to turn [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aristocracy have found that out to their cost and that 's why they 're often willing to turn a blind eye to the occasional by-blow , provided it 's handled discreetly . |
| 2 | However much Cnut may have played the Christian king , he was , like other rulers , willing to turn a blind eye to church teaching when it suited him . |
| 3 | As British economists know only too well , it is easy to turn a blind eye to unwelcome truths of this kind and to indulge for decades in a form of national self-delusion . |
| 4 | All I can say is that there in that creepy hut , I came to believe it was perfectly easy to turn the whole story of the world I knew into a world of story . |
| 5 | ‘ It is hard to turn a blind eye to something so obvious and widespread , ’ wrote the author of a forestry text in 1962 . |
| 6 | He was a taciturn , curiously detached individual who seemed happy to turn a blind eye to any of his tenants ' ’ goings-on' , as Eleanor called them . |
| 7 | However , it is important to turn the folded skinflaps to normal position as direct pressure can irreversibly damage them . |
| 8 | Given the challenge of competitive international markets , the corporate world , at least in its rhetoric , is keen to recruit bright graduates who as managers will be able to turn a critical eye on established practices . |
| 9 | ‘ He seems able to turn a pleasant pub into a speakeasy waiting for a raid . |
| 10 | In 1931 Japan resorted to force and occupied Manchuria , but the West , absorbed in its own problems , was able to turn a blind eye to such encroachments within the confines of East Asia . |
| 11 | The TCCB might even be able to turn the political situation to its advantage . |
| 12 | Because it is possible to turn the regressed patient into an observer rather than into someone undergoing the experience she was able to tell me everything that had happened in precise detail . |
| 13 | He 's come up with an organic binder which makes it possible to turn the left-over dust into briquettes which burn for two and half hours . |
| 14 | A multi-vitamin and mineral tablet will not be enough to turn an unhealthy diet into a good one . |
| 15 | On these occasions the Chairman is wise to turn a deaf ear to the interruption . |