Example sentences of "[prep] turning a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But women clearly found ways of turning a restrictive garment into an alluring fashion : the surviving representations of the stola show it as a revealing slip , cut low between the breasts and often suspended from the slimmest of decorative straps . |
| 2 | A policy of raising the wages of the lowest paid , first on an industry basis , and then over the whole country , for this approach to be part of an overall investment and training programme , and for the whole strategy to appear as part of an election manifesto , would provide consumers with the chance of turning a moral decision into an economic reality . |
| 3 | But the Loyalist Prisoners ' Welfare Association chairman , Jim McDonald , accused the prison authorities of turning a peaceful protest into ‘ bloody carnage . ’ |
| 4 | What was involved in this extension of structural linguistics was a profound alteration of perspective in most of the human sciences ; it was no longer a question of gathering empirically verifiable data ; of turning a positivist gaze onto a world of objects , but it meant seeing forms of expression as signs whose meanings depend on conventions , relations and systems , rather than on any inherent features . |
| 5 | For their part , the Conservative-dominated National governments of Baldwin and Chamberlain in Britain , engaged in their policies of appeasement towards the fascist powers , were anxious to prevent the Spanish war from spreading , even at the cost of turning a blind eye to the involvement of Italy , Germany and the Soviet Union . |
| 6 | By setting up the Secret Committee Alexander acted in the style of his father ; by ordering Nazimov to delve more deeply into the views of the north-westerners he showed sympathy for a landless concept of emancipation which belonged to the reign of Alexander I. The regime seemed to be moving in the direction not so much of freeing the serfs as of turning a blind eye to them ( by consigning their future to yet another assembly of antediluvian officials ) or making their condition worse ( by opting for a form of emancipation which would blight their future ) . |
| 7 | For two years , Clark , William Waldegrave at the Foreign Office and Nicholas Ridley at the Department of Trade and Industry wrangled in secret memos over the morality of turning a blind eye in exchange for information . |
| 8 | Is it not also about turning a caring service into a business ? |
| 9 | The apostle here gives two very clear and very solemn warnings about rejecting Jesus , about turning a deaf ear to him . |
| 10 | Julia Bard ( ‘ The priests have it ’ , 1 May ) rebukes anti-racists for turning a blind eye to religious fundamentalism , and cites a recent issue of the Runnymede Trust Bulletin to illustrate her argument . |
| 11 | Even the securist in the maternity ward probably lived such a squalid and impoverished life that his price for turning a blind eye to abortion was not very high . |
| 12 | OFF-THE-PEG IDEAS FOR TURNING A BLEAK EXPANSE OF PAVING INTO AN ATTRACTIVE CENTREPIECE |
| 13 | There can be little doubt that the process tends to alter the original character and ‘ feel ’ of a book , and only the owner can decide whether this should be accepted as part of the price for turning a blighted copy into a reasonably healthy one . |
| 14 | Joan was discovered to have a genius for turning an ancient block of stone into a home . |
| 15 | But I do n't think Mr Drennan … ’ he shot a quick look in Malachi 's direction , before turning a sympathetic face to Bull O'Malley ‘ I do n't think Mr Drennan intended that he should ask for your daughter and expect you to make a decision on the spur of the moment . |
| 16 | The Club is almost entirely financed by the proceeds it gets from turning a large part of the Club into a giant car park throughout The Championships . |
| 17 | By turning a blind eye to the activities of moderate Puritan laymen and clergy while at the same time dealing harshly with Presbyterian extremists , king and archbishop ensured that the first fifteen years of Abbot 's primacy were some of the most tranquil in the religious sphere during the entire century following the break with Rome ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 18 | The referee was a complete twat Roger Dilkes , a miserable midget who contrived to spoil what was already a poor game by turning a blind eye to West Ham 's negative game and penalising Leeds wherever possible . |
| 19 | By turning an active sentence into the passive we get a new subject and are able to omit the old one , e.g. : |