Example sentences of "turn [adv] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 the NCC must offer a management agreement to any farmer on an SSSI whose application for an agricultural grant it turns down on conservation grounds . |
| 2 | The Christian achievement turns less on individual geniuses than in any other period of remotely comparable length in the history of this ever fermenting religion . |
| 3 | Mr Clarke said his office tried ‘ several times ’ to arrange a meeting , four months before the bombshell announcement that 31 pits were to close with the loss of 30,000 jobs , but was turned down on each occasion . |
| 4 | Sometimes it is , sometimes it is n't , but what black people have to do is to become so well qualified that they can not be turned down on this basis — or at least if they are they can refer it to the Race Relations Board . |
| 5 | ‘ Despite this , planning applications for change of use to offices have been turned down on this ‘ residential ’ side of the road . ’ |
| 6 | Bright was turned down on both counts by Field , whose principal consideration was the weather . |
| 7 | ‘ Did you know that Michel actually turned up on that dreadful morning when Constanza was frantic to get to the station ? |
| 8 | Some , like Archibald earl of Argyll and Bothwell , initially stayed away ; but Bothwell at least turned up on 15 March , to promise the support of himself and his kin and friends to Arran , for which his estates in Liddesdale were restored . |
| 9 | Examples of marks turned down on these grounds are : HUNTSMAN — earlier mark SPORTSMAN ( both cherry brandy ) An application showing a picture of three pigs was refused because of a prior word mark THREE PIGS BRAND ( bacon ) |
| 10 | We were living in a period of change and he wanted to avoid the danger of rejecting courses of action merely because they had been considered and turned down on some earlier occasion during his leadership . |
| 11 | The top lifts at Cairngorm were opened on Friday 23 November with 300–400 earlybirds turning up on each of the first few days . |
| 12 | The backs have breath-taking pace out wide and both wingers have looked hungry for ball , turning up on each other 's wings regularly to create the extra man . |
| 13 | Vincente seemed a pleasant enough bloke when he turned up on that first morning . |
| 14 | Last week Kathleen Turner and Joan Collins turned up on different nights to see the show at the Aldwych Theatre . |
| 15 | Yes , Mr Chairman , I , erm , I , I , I do appreciate that erm , I 've been invited through Committee er , to go through what I do represent er , the building project erm , on behalf of the economic development , because as you all know , I 'm of course on the economic development before , but er , in the past I 've found that that I have er been , shall we say , relieved of my positions on other er , position , erm , unknownst to myself , and of course I have er , actually turned up on these planning functions and been there , and to me in the past , I have always found that if one is going to be missed one must then , one 's either asked if he wishes to continue , if he 's been doing his job properly , if he does n't do his job properly then it 's only right to replace him . |
| 16 | He was scornful , too , of the humanitarian-aid programme run for the contras by the State Department through the NHAO , which Owen familiarly called the ‘ no-way , no-how ’ and the ‘ no-hope programme ’ ; the State Department itself turned up on local code-sheets as ‘ wimps ’ , the CIA as ‘ assholes ’ , the portly Shultz as ‘ Nancy ’ . |
| 17 | This morning for instance the Scottish executive of the people 's party will have an opportunity to examine the fruits of some of the labours of the Scottish Trades Union Congress , which has been functioning as the honest broker following the swiftly evaporating euphoria of the 25,000 souls who turned up on 12 December . |
| 18 | More than three-quarters of those on the electoral register turned out on each occasion to cast their vote and , of those who did so , more than 90% voted usually for either the Conservative or Labour candidate . |
| 19 | For most voters , evaluations of Carter 's record turned primarily on economic matters . |
| 20 | Detention is supervised by a custody officer who turns out on closer inspection to be a police officer with a different name . |
| 21 | ( if you want to continue along ridge make your way slightly along right-hand side to ridge until reaching concrete and brick foundation of old radar hut , where you turn right on concrete path , down steps , and soon between iron posts and along track ; rejoin directions at 5 ) . |
| 22 | Turn right on stony path signposted to Loch Etive head . |
| 23 | Turn right on coastal path and follow for 2 miles back to Crackington Haven ( avoid any paths leading inland ) ( b ) . |
| 24 | The proclamation will have summoned the Parliament to meet on a specified day and it is up to the victors to turn up on that day at the time prescribed . |
| 25 | ‘ I am aware of these people who are professionally famous and turn up on all these clever panel shows , but I think Have I Got News For You is watched by a really wide spectrum of people and that is a big part of its appeal . |
| 26 | Carpenters ' tools turn up on several sites , together with a variety of nails , no doubt made by the local blacksmiths . |
| 27 | After 600 yds keep left at fork ( signposted ) and , where track ends , maintain direction alongside hedge on left to reach gate and footbridge , beyond which turn right ( waymarked ) , very soon alongside ditch on right , then after 300 yds turn left on signposted grassy track . |
| 28 | Turn left on this and follow for 1/2 mile to junction with main drive of Witley Court . |
| 29 | Turn left on this , and at the next junction turn right . |
| 30 | Moreover , even where such opportunities for participation in the decision-making process do appear to exist , as for example in the public local inquiry , they frequently turn out on closer inspection to be disingenuous as McAuslan and others have demonstrated in respect of the Windscale Inquiry ( McAuslan , 1980 ; Breach , 1978 ) . |