Example sentences of "[noun pl] to turn [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They work by reacting with the skin 's natural proteins to turn the top layer of the skin an authentic brown … |
| 2 | The left photograph best shows the front face ; the right section of the crag that breaks into a series of vertical weaknesses to turn a sharp corner . |
| 3 | Others have used their heads and tusks as battering rams to turn a deep ditch into a gentle wrinkle in the landscape . |
| 4 | David and Jane Hattatt have taken ten years to turn an old damson and apple orchard into one of the region 's most imaginative gardens . |
| 5 | Fears of religious extremism were also revived by calls to turn the 6th century cathedral of St Sophia , converted into a mosque in 1453 and a museum since 1934 , into a mosque once more , and by attempts in April 1989 to introduce segregated bus services for women students in the city of Konya , 220 km south of Ankara , where fundamentalists controlled the local council . |
| 6 | AMBITIOUS plans to turn a former biscuit factory into an Olympic venue risks failure because it is in the wrong place , city leaders conceded last night . |
| 7 | Richmond councillors are worried about plans to turn the old cinema on the Ryders Wynd/Queens Road junction into a DIY shop . |
| 8 | Their policies culminated in attempts to turn the young towns into vast cooperative centres , by bringing industry to the settlements . |
| 9 | After having to make three attempts to turn the huge pantechnicon into our lane , they finally succeeded . |
| 10 | Newport look for coaches to turn a falling tide . |
| 11 | This has encouraged teachers to turn a blind eye to LMS in the hope that somehow , somewhere , someone will do something to protect them and their pupils from ‘ it ’ . |