Example sentences of "be turning [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and you 're turning the whole pipe . |
| 2 | Well , you ca n't get near her flat , they 've closed the street , they 're turning the whole city centre into a museum , next thing they 'll be charging admission and closing in the afternoon . |
| 3 | Councils have been turning a blind eye to shops opening on Sunday because of the uncertainty over what the Euro-judges would decide . |
| 4 | They are responsible for what goes on but quite clearly some have been turning a blind eye . ’ |
| 5 | TEACHERS are turning a blind eye to pupils smoking at school , a report reveals today . |
| 6 | Thirdly , as the Government are turning a blind eye to many of the disregards being allowed for people on income support and in residential and nursing care , could that be codified and made safe for all forms of disregard ? |
| 7 | Environmentalists claim that the Russian authorities , desperate for foreign investment , are turning a blind eye to the logging companies ' many breaches of the country 's nature protection laws European 22-25 October |
| 8 | Granada , makers of the top soap , are turning an old studio into the Victoria and Albert hotel , with each of its 132 rooms named after hit programmes . |
| 9 | I would much rather say that every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you , the part of you that chooses , into something a little different from what it was before . |
| 10 | This is the education system , he charges , which is producing the cultural bureaucrats who are turning the national patrimony of France into an amusement park for tourists ) . |
| 11 | JOHN Major 's economic obsessions are turning the damaging recession into a destroying slump . |
| 12 | Significantly , farmers — generally reliable Tory supporters — are blaming the Government for the sins of Brussels and appear to be turning a blind eye to the Liberal Democrats ' pro-European stance . |
| 13 | The grapes that hung over mine host 's door were turning a dusky shade as the juice ripened in their skins . |
| 14 | Their attempts to impose conditions on a man like Henry VIII only show how far , in the initial stages , they were turning a blind eye to the implications of their policy . |
| 15 | Reports persisted throughout May that the security forces were turning a blind eye to the activities of Zulu mobs in the townships , allegedly waiting to respond until local citizens retaliated against the Zulus ' attacks . |
| 16 | It could be that the cordless power-tool is turning a full circle , representing the original hand-tools without the sweat ; you simply pick it up off the bench and use it , or pack it away in your toolbag and take it to wherever the task has to be done , and do it . |
| 17 | Have the Government finally abandoned the erstwhile Tory doctrine that the rule of law must be upheld in all circumstances , now that the Attorney-General is turning a blind eye to big supermarkets breaking the Sunday trading law and as the poll tax non-payment campaign has apparently recruited the architect 's daughter ? |
| 18 | Now that sort of policy does have its problems because some people would say that is allowing people to break the law , it 's turning a blind eye to people who are breaking the law . |
| 19 | An example would be where a large articulated motor vehicle was turning a sharp corner and in doing so had a slight collision with a parked car . |
| 20 | Her fingers and toes were chilling and slowly and almost imperceptibly the mist settling on her fur collar was turning a frosty white . |
| 21 | And while the British Government was turning a blind eye to the export of machine tools from Matrix Churchill , Dr Al-Habobi was happy to report his success to Saddam Hussein . |
| 22 | He did n't , because he was holding a towel over his hand , and the towel was turning a bright red even as he stood . |
| 23 | He was turning the empty envelope over in his hands . |
| 24 | Calder 's face was turning an incredible shade of pink — but it could not be any pinker than her own face ! |