Example sentences of "turning [art] [noun sg] into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning the request into a race invokes the child 's sense of competition . |
| 2 | On another side it was an assault upon the corruption of the highest truths ; against turning love of the Bible into bibliolatry , or creeds into scholastic definitions , or the sacrament into magic , or Popes and priests and bishops into a bureaucracy or a rigidity where structure becomes the end instead of the means ; or turning the Church into a social club . |
| 3 | They claim a new chicane is turning the road into a racetrack , and they now want it replaced with traffic humps . |
| 4 | But not for the Americans , nor the British who were not bombed heavily enough to prevent them from turning the experience into a basis for a cosy national myth . |
| 5 | 2 Twisting her palm inwards and then in an upward direction , the defender succeeds in turning the grab into a counter-attack . |
| 6 | In this way , the polyps synchronise the release of their sexual cells so precisely that the event occurs at the same hour on a particular night each year , turning the sea into a multi-coloured reproductive soup . |
| 7 | This exiled army played an important part in the allied fight against the Germans but eventually it was Stalin 's Red Army who liberated their homeland , turning the country into an eastward-looking nation . |
| 8 | A single light burned unshaded above the communion table , turning the scene into a badly lit play . |
| 9 | When he sat down on his romantic bank by his crystal brook , the thought of turning the journey into a book was born : ‘ Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration . ’ |
| 10 | The dichotomy between these elements was resolved by turning the boardroom into a form of club to which only those with the right social background would be admitted . |
| 11 | Above , clouds ragged as crows ' wings beat across the sky , turning the moon into a pale flower drifting beneath the sea . |
| 12 | The stairs then retract , turning the stairway into a sheer slope and dumping the adventurers down to the bottom . |
| 13 | And as in the fable , it 's slow and steady who wins , by turning the race into a life-long commitment to good eating and good health . |
| 14 | In 1971 , the Agricultural Research Council ( ARC ) and the agriculture ministry launched a research programme to find a way of turning the problem into a resource . |
| 15 | Torrential rain was quickly turning the building-site into a quagmire . |
| 16 | But again Bramall Lane roared United back into the game , Cork running onto Paul Beesley 's pass down the left and turning the ball into the middle for Ward to hook in his second equaliser . |
| 17 | They trooped off into the night , short of food and water , but incredibly a freak rainstorm burst , turning the desert into a lake . |
| 18 | In theory , the committees were to provide opportunities for skilled and apprenticed employment , though members admitted that formal apprenticeship , at least , was not always possible , partly because it appeared to many observers that machines had eradicated a number of handicrafts , turning the worker into a ‘ machine-tending artisan ’ , and partly because ‘ skill ’ was a relative concept , demanding different degrees of training . |
| 19 | By turning the show into a theatrical display , Laura felt comfortable ; it was so far removed from reality that it could be viewed as a staged drama with no intention of portraying a ‘ Laura Ashley ’ customer in real life . |
| 20 | The horseshoe shaped canal network is criss-crossed by over 1,000 pretty bridges turning the city into a kingdom of mini islands . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've sometimes thought she was perhaps my mother , ’ she suddenly said in a rush and then paused , turning the statement into a question . |
| 22 | But there was all the experience and help of Ann Scott Jones who somehow managed to make the lonely job of the Usherette/Narrator come to life , and the magic of Hildegarde Bechtler , the designer , turning the Tron into a real ‘ Forties cinema with help from the hardpressed stage manager , Gibby , and somebody 's wonderful collection of cinema architecture bric-a-brac and memorabilia . |
| 23 | To avoid turning the body into the shot too soon , swing the clubhead from the top of the backswing so that it moves , as just mentioned , from inside-to-out , and make sure you release the clubhead along that line . |
| 24 | She has also worked the other way round , turning The Stand-In into a screenplay ; a film directed by Mike Nichols and starring Anjelica Huston has been talked about — though talk , in Hollywood is not a very reliable omen . |
| 25 | Sometimes the wait to reach the ticket office in London 's Victoria Station took five days so the queuers built themselves shelters of cardboard , plastic sacks and string , turning the queue into a shanty town wittily christened ‘ Lakerville ’ by its occupants . |
| 26 | Sandy Oag had a good reason for turning the luncheon into a bit of a celebration : it was his 68th birthday . |
| 27 | Undergravel filtration driven by a sensible amount of air , or by low-powered powerheads , is ideal ; if power filtration is used then try to avoid turning the tank into a simulation of a surf zone ! |
| 28 | Young engineers are reluctant to volunteer as Steam Tank crew as the boilers are renowned for bursting apart , turning the tank into a giant pressure cooker . |
| 29 | It reared up astern , its crest breaking , the wind turning the surf into a feather of blown spray . |
| 30 | He even suggests turning the area into a recreational park . |