Example sentences of "by [verb] them into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some researchers have attempted to capture the core meaning of words by decomposing them into a small set of ’ building blocks ’ known as semantic primitives [ Wilks 1973 ] . |
| 2 | These criticisms were ignored ( although delivered by persons of world-wide reputation such as Carl Sauer ) , received a hostile and defensive reaction , or were absorbed by transforming them into a technical issue — rather than facing them as a social and political one . |
| 3 | Religion keeps people in an infantile state , but by drawing them into a mass delusion , it succeeds in sparing many people an individual neurosis . |
| 4 | Employing the naively biographical paradigm of Gay Authorship , Brief Encounter shows Noel Coward displacing his own fears , anxieties and pessimism about the possibility of a fulfilled sexual relationship within an oppressively homophobic culture by transposing them into a heterosexual context . |
| 5 | This combination of specimens could be recognized either by grouping them into a single genus or into a tribe , and on present evidence I favour the latter alternative and suggest the Afropithecini as a suitable name . |
| 6 | Teachers showed a great deal of skill in dealing with the many interruptions of the classroom day , generally managing to neutralize them either by simply refusing to be distracted by them , or by transmuting them into a part of the teaching session . |
| 7 | This too is a useful design tool : a dazzling , disquieting pair , or duality , can be resolved by discharging them into a line . |
| 8 | I do not try and cosset these over winter by placing them into a separate tank in the garage , reasoning that the survivors will be the toughest of the bunch and more likely to make up into sturdy adult fish : come spring , they are distributed to friends . |
| 9 | It 's also worth noting that if leather corals are disturbed , especially by introducing them into an unfamiliar aquarium , the polyps will retract and it may take several days for them to reopen . |