Example sentences of "[vb base] to turn [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | These people , Miss Schlegel , invented Disneyland and now want to turn the rest of the world into a theme park , too , by bribing ancient and civilised peoples to caper and prance for thuggish tourists . |
2 | ‘ The Conservatives want to turn the NHS into an industry , they say that will bring a better service to the consumer , but health should n't be an industry . ’ |
3 | For instance if you want to turn an object on a lathe erm and you go from one end of a shaft to the other , no matter , supposing you do it ten times , erm the machine will take that cut in exactly the same time . |
4 | And then you try to turn the argument about attacks on individuals . |
5 | In the two years since it was formed it has attracted $6m in venture capital and another $4m from big-name strategic partners , on the promise that the application development environment it 's designing would be a significant enough advance to turn the company into a nine-digit revenue producer . |
6 | Children need reassurance , praise and success , we need to turn every child into a winner so that they will grow into good , caring and generous adults . |
7 | ‘ City Challenge provides us with an opportunity of getting the funding we need to turn the plans into bricks and mortar . ’ |
8 | ‘ You need to turn the tables on Cawthorne if you really want to stitch him up . ’ |
9 | You now have to turn a mass of information into a coherent argument . |
10 | Plainly , individual journalists have individual styles but ultimately they have to turn the result of meeting you into the type of article their publication requires . |