Example sentences of "[vb pp] to turn [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is applied to turn the wood into an alkaline condition , so that when the ‘ B ’ or No. 2 solution is applied , it will liberate oxygen , thus bleaching the wood . |
| 2 | Moreover , public expenditure restraints during the 1980s in particular have helped to turn the rhetoric of care by the community into de facto reality , as support services such as home helps and nursing auxiliaries have been reduced or withdrawn — a theme developed by Hilary Land in her chapter here on the demise of the social wage . |
| 3 | This regulatory code is put to even greater effect when it is used to turn an exchange of missiles between rioters and police into a surreal game of football in which the rules have been deliberately bent to give the ‘ opposing team ’ an unfair advantage ! |
| 4 | Next the reflection tool has been used to turn the copy into a mirror image . |
| 5 | The computer has dealt what will prove to be a mortal blow to the ‘ priesthood ’ of printing — those who have spent many years gaining the skills needed to turn a typescript into a printed page . |
| 6 | Therefore a sensing unit is employed to turn the ozone on and off . |
| 7 | Nothing had been spared to turn the city of Nuln into a spectacular metropolis with marble fountains , golden statues , and dazzling gardens . |
| 8 | Both actuaries have tried to turn the Pearl in other directions , taking advantage of the personal pensions boom , and developing the group 's general insurance business , which suffered a rough ride in the early 1970s before they took charge of the group six years ago . |
| 9 | Many of them are being forced to turn the crop into cattle feed because Britain has more potatos than it needs . |
| 10 | [ doc 5 ] He was also determined to turn the role of President of the Board of Trade ( at this time a junior post well under the control of the Treasury ) to his advantage by introducing striking social legislation . |
| 11 | He 's managed to turn a triumph into a public relations disaster . |
| 12 | However if the company has not managed to turn the corner by then , it will be forced to tighten its belt further as money shortages begin to affect day-to-day business . |