Example sentences of "turn out [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look how readily the thousand had turned out to besiege the laird at Castle Menzies ! |
| 2 | Initial reports that the local garrison of the ( Serb-dominated ) Yugoslav People 's Army had turned out to assist the Knin insurgents proved to be false ( on Aug. 14 Serbian National Council leader Jovan Raskovic had called for army protection should the referendum be prevented ) . |
| 3 | The new laws , which were supposed to enhance by educating the younger players thus enabling them to improve their game and so become better players when they progress to senior level , has turned out to make the game no better than the farcical ‘ tic ’ game played at mini level . |
| 4 | THE red flashing lights on top of the Old John Hancock Building warn of snow — but that would never stop a Bostonian from turning out to enjoy the Christmas festivities . |
| 5 | Dozens of other Hollywood stars , including Warren Beatty , Dustin Hoffman , Michelle Pfeiffer and Dionne Warwick turned out to back the Democrat challenger . |
| 6 | Most of CCG 's staff at Sizewell B turned out to watch the reactor being topped out . |
| 7 | In Glan Conwy , as in several other flood-hit areas , there were scenes reminiscent of the blitz as villagers turned out to clear-up the devastation . |
| 8 | In the last analysis , the Parliament would be able to block a decision in those areas , but only if an absolute majority of its members turned out to vote the proposal down . |
| 9 | Wally received a Benefit at the end of 1953–54 and almost 4,000 admirers turned out to see the Palace beat a London XI by six goals to five ! |
| 10 | Suddenly , he called out two licence plate numbers ; one of these , except for one digit , turned out to match the number plate of one of the kidnappers ' vans . |
| 11 | Dozens turned out to ride the Severn Bore which at some stages was five feet high . |
| 12 | ‘ What it takes to be in the world ’ turns out to include the ability to build machines like you and me , the most complicated things in the known universe . |
| 13 | But halfway through , in a confusing volte-face , Sarastro turns out to represent the forces of good , and the Queen of the Night those of darkness and evil . |
| 14 | Perhaps not unexpectedly , the ‘ Principle of Humanity ’ also turns out to involve the assumption that class is the primary form of collective agency , because , we are told , it is more fundamental than any other interests or forms of social power . |
| 15 | One of these papers in fact turns out to list the authors as Clark , Cox and Allison ; The other referred to research carried out in 1944 . |
| 16 | When you 're fighting and hating each other anyway , it must be nice for the chick when she turns out to have the law batting for her . |
| 17 | Red-figure turns out to combine the silhouette-principle , dear to vase-decorators for its strength on the curved surface , with the freedom of outline drawing ; and this encourages its practitioners to look outside the closed tradition of their craft to the work of painters on flat surfaces ( cf. fig. 45 , painted perhaps about the time of red-figure 's inception ) . |
| 18 | Gallup also asked : If the minor parties turn out to hold the balance of power in the new Parliament , what would you like to see happen ? |
| 19 | The mock events turn out to reproduce the data only when the quarks and gluons are made to convert differently into particles , for the comparison with theory shows that the lowest-energy jet is generally associated with the gluon . |
| 20 | These animated plates may take theoretical risks : crocodiles may turn out to dislike the taste of tiger ; territorial displays may be misinterpreted as mating ritual ; a fight may really be a kind of dance . |
| 21 | May Festival organiser Fergal Kearney said the town was packed with stalls and hopefully large crowds would turn out to support the Fair . |
| 22 | Sometimes for this reason civic dignitaries or merchants trading with the country from which the ambassador came would turn out to swell the column of men and vehicles and deepen the impression made on those who watched . |