Example sentences of "to turn it into [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They plan to turn it into a nightclub … |
| 2 | He has bought the rights to a steamy book by Darling Buds Of May author H. E. Bates and plans to turn it into a TV movie starring his wife . |
| 3 | But I was , I was a bit too young to turn it into a shag palace . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the condition of a house can prevent the occupants from being able to turn it into a home , and can affect their health and the stability of their relationships . |
| 5 | The couple have been offered a decoration grant of £210 , hardly enough , they say to turn it into a home . |
| 6 | But now the Forestry Commission has decided to end the uncertainty by announcing plans to turn it into a wood . |
| 7 | It hardly matters whether either of these stories is true , we know that cork was available , although not in France , and that Dom Pérignon did eventually use cork-stoppers for his wines , as corked bottles were dug up at Hautvillers when Moët & Chandon renovated the abbey in the late 1970s during its operations to turn it into a museum . |
| 8 | It 's since been a cafe , a grill and a bric-a-brac shop , with plans now to turn it into a museum and heritage centre ; something Browne Willis would doubtless have approved of . |
| 9 | • The Glasgow Sunday Mail reports on what is really a fishkeeping success — trying to turn it into a horror story . |
| 10 | It would have been much more subtle just to have allowed his wife to demonstrate it when the time came and then to turn it into a talking point . ’ |
| 11 | ( Amazing how quickly BR abandoned its scheme to close Marylebone when a scheme popped up to turn it into a kind of Victoria Coach Station for northern routes ! ) |
| 12 | They have permission to turn it into a pub , a small office block or a complete three storey office . |
| 13 | Patients fear Hartington Road Family Health Clinic may still be under threat even though councillors rejected an application to turn it into a drug detoxification centre . |
| 14 | She was perfectly turned out : patterned black tights , black pointed ballet shoes , snug black mini dress , and an expensive Marlon Brando black leather jacket with the arms hacked off to turn it into a waistcoat . |
| 15 | When I asked Dad he mumbled something about entertaining so maybe he was planning to turn it into a theatre or something . |
| 16 | The commentary should not interrupt or structure the child 's play and the parent needs to resist the temptation to turn it into a teaching session . |
| 17 | One of the worst proposals put forward for the church was to turn it into a hamburger joint , run by the restaurant chain , Garfunkels : hardly a use compatible with the dignity of a historic church . |
| 18 | People living near a former young offenders institution are fighting plans to turn it into a detention centre for the immigration service . |
| 19 | There are plans to turn it into a hotel , leaving visible the original Romanesque and Gothic buildings , including the Týn Court . |
| 20 | Instead , gipsies will be encouraged to BUY land and apply for permission to turn it into a site . |
| 21 | The owners of a nursing home which was closed by health inspectors are planning to turn it into a guest house . |
| 22 | Having him there at the beginning was simply a stroke of luck so colossal that Henry 's natural pessimism was trying to turn it into a disaster . |
| 23 | Her father , a greengrocer , had stabled the pony behind the shop in the middle of town , fed it on sprouts and boiled potatoes and encouraged Nutty to turn it into a show-jumper . |
| 24 | That hunting band had weekly meetings , a well-trained manager , clear objectives — so it was pretty easy to turn it into a Quality Circle in 1980 . |
| 25 | Well , I tried to turn it into a joke — not a very good one , I admit — but I said something about that party game called consequences , you know where everyone writes down innocent things that get strung together because nobody knows what the others have written and it gets all mixed up so you get a silly story with a stupid ending . |
| 26 | The duchess stayed away from Sunnie 's funeral because she did n't want to turn it into a photo opportunity . |
| 27 | Kate thinks it might be good to turn it into a sort of commune . ’ |
| 28 | They 're going to turn it into a recreation ground . ’ |
| 29 | But the humanities comprise a number of disciplines and subjects , of which English is only one ; the Leavisite attempt to turn it into the Queen of the Sciences never looked like succeeding . |
| 30 | In fact , it closely resembled the constitution of the Consulate established in 1800 , and like its predecessor it would require little change to turn it into an Empire . |