Example sentences of "[adv] turn [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | However tenuous it may have become , once a marriage is under threat it can suddenly turn into a territory which has to be defended at all costs , like the Falklands . |
2 | I thought of all the multitudes who had lain upon its hard , steel bed staring upwards , their fears and hopes filling the room , waiting only for its pronouncements when can easily turn into a foe . |
3 | Such an open display of adultery was suddenly the fashionable sport among cavalrymen , but it could too easily turn into a blood sport and the Duchess feared for Lord John 's life . |
4 | It is one of those rare books the love of which can easily turn into an addiction . |
5 | To anyone used to watching cycles of economic growth , investment and speculation , the conclusion should be obvious : such collective euphoria is the clearest possible sign that China 's extraordinary economic boom will shortly turn into a bust . |
6 | This can quickly turn into a game of bluff . |
7 | With these general points in mind , one may now turn to a sketch of the nature and growth of the learned hierarchy during the period under discussion . |
8 | Clearly , though , the use of observation schedules is putting more control on the behaviour of the observer , so we may now turn to a consideration of what happens when we go further along that axis . |
9 | Having dealt at length with the management and funding of the institutions providing higher education in the public sector , we shall now turn to an examination of the validation arrangements which appertain to their courses . |
10 | In disengaging from that strategy and withdrawing to his study to memorialize the de Gaulle of history , the General reverted to his original concept of the leader-in-reserve — the solitary hero to whom the nation would inevitably turn in a moment of dire emergency . |
11 | Turf him out of it , and the debate between ‘ traditionalists ’ and ‘ modernisers ’ could well turn into a conflagration . |
12 | What we do know is that two or three groups are involved and the sale could well turn into an auction … there 's local and national interest and at least one very well known figure is in the market to buy … speculation has named Virgin boss Richard Branson again … but his office said this afternoon he was n't in the running … |
13 | At the election it will undoubtedly turn into a nightmare for them . |