Example sentences of "turn [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to a report in the Neue Zurcher Zeitung of Jan. 10 , 1990 , the European Commission of Human Rights , to which plaintiffs turned in the first instance , had registered 1,445 cases brought by individuals or private organizations in 1989 ( a 40 per cent increase on the previous year ) . |
| 2 | Yet it is migration to and from rural areas that has been the main concern of rural geographers in the last century , and so attention is now turned to the first major theme of this chapter , rural population change . |
| 3 | Although her owners had tried every method of finding her , including local radio appeals , Tim Charlesworth eventually turned to the last resort of hiring a helicopter to help in the search . |
| 4 | The calendar beside the clock was turned to the 21st January , 1919 — but was that yesterday 's date or today 's ; had she changed it before she went to bed last night ? |
| 5 | ‘ To sustain healthy profit margins , multinational tobacco companies have turned to the Third World for new customers . |
| 6 | In one such mood I turned for the first time to Marcus Aurelius . |
| 7 | Our local PFA Inspector Pat Barker kept a keen eye on our progress , monitoring our workmanship at all the recognised stages throughout the build , and on 8 March this year , Midge 's propeller turned for the first time under her own engine power , being a Monday , I naturally had the day as holiday ! |
| 8 | But as the tenth century was turning into the eleventh we have the first signs of a new outlook . |
| 9 | ‘ Once the Springboks tired , the tide turned in the second half . |
| 10 | But the tide turned in the second game of the second set when Graf finally broke serve on her fourth break point . |
| 11 | Master Mansell INDYCAR points leader Nigel Mansell turned in the second fastest time today in the first day of qualifying for tomorrow 's Detroit Grand Prix . |
| 12 | After assurances from US officials that the USA would continue to monitor the peace process , the FMLN demobilized its last contingent of around 2,000 combatants and turned in the last of its weapons ( including 55 surface-to-air missiles ) to the UN on Dec. 14 . |
| 13 | So he turned round the second he did , and made it look as though he was waiting for the woman he 'd just tried to kill — when they were walking along together … |
| 14 | Because of the increasing use of complex machinery and sophisticated farming methods , many of those engaged in agriculture require managerial and supervisory skills and it is to this area of provision that the agricultural colleges should be turning in the next few years . |
| 15 | The reactions of Lev Tolstoy , who sympathized with Tocqueville 's admiration of paternalism in the French countryside , and Chicherin , who admired the French centralization which Tocqueville found distasteful , said much about the two men 's very different attitudes towards the quandary in which Russia found herself , but turned on the second rather than the third part of Tocqueville 's study . |
| 16 | Grinning , he turned to the second card . |
| 17 | He turned to the next item on his desk , a note on top of a copy-pad which said : ‘ Morley stpd lttle prck . |
| 18 | She turned to the next sheet of cuttings , and began to read an article from the Sun . |
| 19 | She turned to the next cutting in the hope of finding a less lurid account of the case . |
| 20 | With a sigh she turned to the next patient , smiling as a young woman carried a small child into the room . |
| 21 | I turned to the third passenger . |
| 22 | He turned to the last report made by the investigating officer before the file was consigned to Records . |
| 23 | Idly Theodora turned to the last page . |
| 24 | Setting the briefcase back down , she dug the notes out of the pocket and turned to the last page , smiling rather nastily . |
| 25 | If no such solution can be found , we impose the constraint that the first objective function should not drop below its optimal value before turning to the second objective . |
| 26 | Both cases can be covered by imposing the additional constraint and then turning to the second objective . |
| 27 | I find myself turning to the first chapter of the Book of Genesis for an insight into what I am hinting at here . |
| 28 | Turning to the third question , repeat doses of activated charcoal are thought to act in several ways . |
| 29 | Turning to the third category , of strokes that serve to separate clearly a single note from a group of slurred notes that either precede or follow , we could call them ‘ separation strokes ’ We find strokes in such patterns as shown in ex.3a so overwhelmingly , that we can identify sporadic dots as shrunken strokes . |
| 30 | In order to investigate the operation of such constraints , we will first look at some theoretical models which cast light on the various problems involved in the government-management " game " , before turning to the next section to consider some features of the control structure in the UK , so as to see some practical illustrations of the points . |