Example sentences of "to transform [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This should not surprise us , if we remember that , even after another millennium of evolution Zeus was still credited with the ability to transform himself into an infinite number of forms : a bull , a swan , thunder and lightning , and a shower of gold . |
| 2 | At the matinee on Boxing Day O'Hara , dragging a reluctant Nana by the collar , made his exit as Mr Darling and raced upstairs to transform himself into Captain Hook . |
| 3 | Thirty-two-year-old Mike Keneally managed to transform himself from a 28-stone blob into a 14-stone hunk . |
| 4 | This is essentially a roving , stultifying , incoherent orgy of images that leads Taniguchi 's body to transform itself into a mechanical colossus . |
| 5 | Strategic partnerships with software companies are the order of the day at Compaq Computer Corp as it tries to transform itself into a much more broadly-based systems manufacturer , and according to Computerworld , the latest is with Oracle Corp . |
| 6 | Civic Alliance , a coalition of extra-parliamentary opposition groups , played a major role in the anti-government strikes and protests , and in July 1991 Civic Alliance decided to transform itself into a political party . |
| 7 | British liberal political thought , hitherto contenting itself with a more or less straightforward advocacy of laissez-faire non-interventionist policies , began to transform itself into what has been called " social liberalism " . |
| 8 | With a slight change of posture — a lift of the head , a straightening of the already straight back , that little proud look — she seemed to transform herself into a great lady of some kind . |
| 9 | He had also come to respect Irina for her ability so rapidly to transform herself into a reasonably well-dressed , reasonably good-looking girl . |
| 10 | Josie reflected on how easily , with just a change of clothes and a few amateur touches , Lucy had managed to transform herself into a resurrected image of her own sister . |
| 11 | As Bill has sharpened his image to match his growing political fortunes , so Hillary cast aside her intellectual reserve to transform herself from a dowdy schoolma'am type in heavy glasses to a glamorous , designer-dressed head-turner who would grace any State function . |
| 12 | It had taken three days for the anarchy of two thousand Zaïrois to transform themselves into an organised travelling market . |
| 13 | Its aim was to create a community in which assistance could be given to Russia , Poland and the three former Soviet Baltic states to transform themselves into free-market societies . |
| 14 | Whether the Russian landed aristocracy , landowners like Tolstoi 's Count Rostov or Chekhov 's Mme Ranevskaya , were more or less likely to transform themselves into agrarian capitalist entrepreneurs than ante-bellum plantation owners , dreaming of Walter Scott , is quite another question . |