Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PowerGen turns down cut price coal offer |
| 2 | ‘ A lot of shareholders have turned down generous takeover bids over the last few years and have regretted it , ’ he said . |
| 3 | They must either issue equity and subordinated debt at low prices or else shrink their balance sheets by selling off old loans and turning down new business . |
| 4 | Zeelenberg is n't worried by those who question his sanity at turning down big cash incentives from Rothmans and Lucky Strike . |
| 5 | The local council says the women turned down other accomodation but admits there is severe housing pressure in the Wantage area . |
| 6 | A hunt through larder and freezer turned up frozen chicken Kiev . |
| 7 | They formerly occupied part of St Mary 's Mill in Chalford , but are now at Churchs Mill , turning out countless walking sticks every year , many for the NHS . |
| 8 | THE propaganda machine which used to crank out the political fantasies of East European communists is being put to work turning out mushy romance novels . |
| 9 | But the rest plod on , turning out life-enhancing brilliance and shining light into the gloom of the TV night . |
| 10 | If he did n't become a telly millionaire turning out musical trash they could be flogged for a few pounds . |
| 11 | In a backyard shack in a Dallas suburb , and outside of normal working hours , he was turning out custom-built metal detectors that were of such advanced design for their day , that they wee superior to many of the commercially available machines of the time . |
| 12 | Only the complete work turns up new ground . |
| 13 | We arrive at the club only after a series of sluggish and difficult turns around compact city streets . |
| 14 | Do not forget that even if you are a potential council or housing association tenant , you have the right to turn down unsuitable property or demand that certain repairs be carried out before you sign on the dotted line . |
| 15 | The plain fact is that if most 16 year olds turn down full-time employment they merely reduce their chances of being in jobs two years on . ’ |
| 16 | And a handful of critics is beginning to wonder whether Ireland has not concentrated a little too hard on attracting inward investors at the expense of building a strong home-grown computer and electronics industry : after all , the policy of rallying all centres of higher education to turn out highly-skilled hardware and software engineers has been a great success , but should n't more of those people be working for Irish companies ? |
| 17 | A few months ago the plant recruited its first workers — the men and women , mainly aged under 25 , whose minds and fingers are agile enough to turn out microscopic silicon chips by the hundreds of thousands . |
| 18 | The protein-making machines read the RNA working plans , and turn out new protein molecules to their specification . |
| 19 | In the heart of the English countryside he runs a workshop where four craftsmen turn out fine furniture . |
| 20 | And I could turn out imitative verse which expressed similar sentiments . |