Example sentences of "turn for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slightly more promising as a source of cinematic entertainment were the melodramatic novels to which Barker and others turned for narrative material . |
| 2 | Enough has been said even in this brief review to make the point that when men wished to designate sanctity or degrees of sanctity it was to the hierarchy of precious substances that they turned for appropriate symbols . |
| 3 | As he reached the end of the quay , where the road ascends steeply from the harbour , he turned for one parting shot : " You marry him , then ! " he shouted . |
| 4 | John Ambrose has been turning for many years , delighting competition judges and spectators with his originality and precision . |
| 5 | Those within the Communist Party opposing the new moves should look at where the most radical of my generation are turning for political identity . |
| 6 | After tossing and turning for another while , Amiss fell into a deep sleep from which he was woken less than an hour and a half later by his alarm clock . |
| 7 | It is just possible that the tide is now turning for social works with the opportunity for specialisation and new roles in the Community Care service . |
| 8 | It is to these chapters that we turn for biblical guidance on the fundamental questions concerning God , man and the world . |
| 9 | They not infrequently turn for some answers to the religion that they may have been introduced to in the past but have long since rejected . |
| 10 | Jessop 's viewpoint is informed by a structuralist critique to which we now turn for further elaboration of modern Marxist interpretations of power in capitalist society . |
| 11 | Where our Investigation Department operations involved shipping and small craft we were the specialists to whom they could turn for practical assistance . |
| 12 | Where will they turn for new markets ? |