Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] into [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This heavy construction , which has good sound-insulating properties , provided an economic solution to the problem posed by the need to insert new floors in spite of the fact that all the beams had to be manhandled into position because there was no access for mechanical handling . |
| 2 | new table to be transferred into Working-Set ( 1–40 ) |
| 3 | Metal lends itself to a wider range of decorative techniques than most other materials because of its physical properties , particularly its ductility , which allows it to be twisted into wire or inlaid with other metals and even other materials such as gemstones . |
| 4 | ‘ If we knew where one of these things was going to be flown into space , ’ he said , speaking quickly before the words had time to escape , ‘ and we could sort of hang on to the sides or whatever , or maybe drive it like the Truck , and we took you with us , then we could jump off when we got up there and go and find this ship of ours , could n't we ? ’ |
| 5 | In Wandlitz , just north of the city , the 140 hectare villa complex until recently known as ‘ Volvograd ’ , home to politburo members of the Honecker regime , is to be turned into sanatorium to serve Berlin and the surrounding area . |
| 6 | So much yeast is produced during fermentation that large amounts are sold to companies such as Marmite to be turned into yeast extract . |
| 7 | They also gave Gateway the go-ahead for a supermarket outside the retail area and allowed offices in Elder Road to be turned into retirement apartments near a nightclub . |
| 8 | There 's a lot to be said for the modern falconry centres — anything that helps people to appreciate birds of prey is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned — although it 's a shame they have to be turned into tourist attractions . |
| 9 | It was bought by the first buyers for the purpose of reselling in smaller quantities to be compounded into food for cattle and poultry and was resold by them for compounding into pig and poultry food . |
| 10 | So in my new bedroom ( which used to be Pa 's office until he gave it up , just for me , and moved into the caravan ) , we work out a prayer together , to help me not to be led into temptation again . |
| 11 | On some machines the tuck brushes are separate and have to be screwed into position . |
| 12 | The first category of Kane 's analysis has to be called into question because it is patently obvious that black people do not share physical and physiological characteristics . |
| 13 | By the 1960s , however , the ‘ success ’ of the existing social formation was beginning to be called into question in various ways . |
| 14 | In speech , lacking these devices , we naturally expect the prosody to be called into play — but we must beware that we do not exaggerate its role . |
| 15 | Many machines have tuck brushes or rubber wheels beneath the sinker plate ; these have to be moved into working position . |
| 16 | The Brother Chunky has rubber wheels below the sinker plate as well and these have to be moved into position . |
| 17 | A separate product , LIFESPAN-ABLE , is available to allow large quantities of software to be enrolled into LIFESPAN with minimal effort . |
| 18 | Well aware that most workers were indifferent to foreign affairs , he fully expected the majority of them to be swept into fratricide by patriotic propaganda if war actually came . |
| 19 | What , then , of the sexism that seems to be built into language itself ? |
| 20 | This change is functional for the stability of monopoly capitalism because the pseudo-democracy of direct voting by a mass electorate for leaders or policies increases the legitimacy of the political system , allows the mass of citizens to be co-opted into compliance , and poses no real risk of losing control over key state decisions to the masses . |
| 21 | Because black women psychologists are defined by their ‘ race ’ as well as their gender , they tend to be channelled into work of lower status than that done by white female psychologists . |
| 22 | Do n't allow all your energy to be channelled into work . |
| 23 | How would he act if he knew that his career was to be made into fiction , to serve as an object lesson , and a name of opprobrium , to the generations that followed him ? |
| 24 | Much of the china clay went to the Potteries of Staffordshire to be made into crockery — cups , saucers and plates . |
| 25 | ‘ Because , ’ said Henry , ‘ my pig wife was going to be made into bacon . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Why was she going to be made into bacon ? ’ |
| 27 | Anyway , one day the farmer who owned the street knocked on the door and told us that my pig father was due to be made into bacon . |
| 28 | The displays show how Northamptonshire Ironstone was quarried , and transported to the blastfurnaces to be made into iron . |
| 29 | Boys were often to be found on their knees before this icon , praying to be made into pop stars and for release from a lifetime as a motor-mechanic , or a clerk in an insurance firm , or a junior architect . |
| 30 | He seemed to be looking into space . |