Example sentences of "turn [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
| 2 | She now turns her attention to the women 's world outdoor championships , which will held in Ayr in June . |
| 3 | This month Liz turns her attention to the pattern variation switches on the Silver Reed electronic machines . |
| 4 | Burdened by hindsight , by a chronic fear of becoming bloated and self-indulgent , this indie generation tries to freeze-flame development at the point just before ‘ it all went wrong ’ , and so turns its back on the few things that went right . |
| 5 | Mr Zacharopoulos , Documenta IX turns its back on the 1980s . |
| 6 | Ecotopia turns its back on the capitalist treadmill of material progress-not by a return to pre-industrial forms and back to nature " but by developing a " high-tech " society that is designed to be compatible with the biosphere . |
| 7 | It turns its attention to the Isle of Wight Regatta . |
| 8 | WHO turns its attention to the matter in its latest Technical Report , which notes the experience of representative nations from Algeria to Zimbabwe . |
| 9 | His own critique of Lawrence leads to his climactic denunciation of his own generation when he turns himself prophet of the most orthodox sort , quoting a long passage from Ezekiel also used in The Waste Land . |
| 10 | The farm stands on a spur of moorland on the northern edge of the forest , and within 10 minutes I had turned my back on the corduroy battalions of trees and was striding under a still , cloudy sky over tussocks of rush and coarse grass , with my face to the long , bare shoulders of open hillside that flank the winding shallows of the East Kielder Burn . |
| 11 | Opposition parties led by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( SLFP ) had turned their criticism against the Speaker after he rejected an impeachment motion against President Ranasinghe Premadasa [ see p. 38440 ] . |
| 12 | Many of them have had their terms and conditions reduced , some have been dismissed and they now have no one to turn to as they have turned their back on the Trade Union which is their only guarantee of protection ’ . |
| 13 | Commercial breeders abroad , who are mainly rearing animals for the table , of such subjects as the Queen Conch ( Strombus gigas ) and various species of edible Tridacnid clams in the South Pacific , have turned their attention to the opportunities provided by the aquarium animal trade . |
| 14 | However , when government and international planning agencies have turned their attention to the specific problem of " development for women " , it has been almost exclusively in terms of population control . |
| 15 | Far from looking at ways of working deep in the dermis , scientists have recently turned their attention to the most superficial layers of the skin , where the tiredness and dullness associated with ageing show up first . |
| 16 | Other critics have turned their attention to the order of the main classes in DC . |
| 17 | Councillors have also turned their attention to the Skerne and are busy working on a riverside revival project . |
| 18 | Buzz turned her head to the left , where the portrait of the three sisters hung . |
| 19 | She had turned her back on the lot of them , and married Frederick Bissett , from a terraced house in Leeds , bright boy of the street . |
| 20 | But she had turned her face to the wall . |
| 21 | But she had turned her face to the camera and it had caught a look that she could find nowhere else and indeed that seemed to belong to another girl ; she barely recognised herself . |
| 22 | It has turned its back on the elitism of many consumer organisations and has based itself on a democratic structure in which the voluntary efforts of the members determine policy and action . |
| 23 | On the other hand , we tend not to see the intense depression in a motionless and unresponsive horse , or the annoyance in one that has turned its back on the horse or person offending it , or the anxiety in the tightened abdominal muscles of the showpony expecting the pain of the spur . |
| 24 | For Camus , Oran , the city of La Peste , ‘ capital of boredom besieged by innocence and beauty ’ , was the mirror image of Algiers : ‘ a city of dust and stone ’ that had ‘ turned its back on the sea ’ . |
| 25 | The sergeant bumped over the sleeping-policemen and gazed at the neatly trimmed lawns and hedges with aggrieved jealousy in his eyes : the private estate was a symbol of a world from which he was excluded , a world of privilege and snobbery , a world that had turned its back on the poor , the sick and the unfashionable who had been swarming round their car only ten minutes before . |
| 26 | She in turn feels she has painted best when ‘ the ’ dog appears as though it has turned its head to the viewer and is gazing back ’ . |
| 27 | The second point , briefly , is that the white paper has turned its face on the establishment of an environmental protection agency , and independent environment protection agency , and erm , you may feel strongly , I know there was another report that came out just about that time that erm was advocating it , and you may feel that what is needed is a central , independent environmental protection agency . |
| 28 | Government has not only turned its attention to the professions as economic entities , but in the 1980s adopted an increasingly dirigiste approach to higher education . |
| 29 | Events were to justify such a view of things , and God was duly thanked , by the royal order that masses should be said to commemorate the defeat of the English at Formigny in April 1450 , for the way he had turned his gaze towards the French cause which , for so long , had appeared to be lacking his support . |
| 30 | Speculation that he had turned his back on the fast world of Wall Street finance was fuelled by reports that he has spent his time in prison studying the Jewish religion . |