Example sentences of "to turn to [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I just hope neither of you ever has to turn to a life of crime .
2 If I were to turn to a man on a bench
3 Here it is time to turn to a consideration of what has become in the last decade , and is still as I write , perhaps the single most popular learning model in the trade today .
4 We have now to turn to a survey of the third area of significance : the main points that had a specific and almost immediate practical effect upon the life of the Church .
5 But for today I now want to turn to a number of erm definitions and classifications linked to foreign policy and this is where I want you to start working a bit harder .
6 It is instructive to turn to the position of the local authority in the present case .
7 Opponents of this proposal , who included the Comptroller General , Charles Bowsher , argued that a borrowing limit above that of $25,000 million originally sought by the FDIC would threaten to draw the federal government further into debt , because the FDIC would be unlikely to be able to honour such a high level of debt on its own , and could itself be compelled eventually to turn to the government for rescue funding .
8 The frightening prospects described in the Limits to Growth model may have driven geographers of the 1970s to turn to the problems of smaller areas .
9 He kept his temper and signalled the other galley to turn to the shore at Drimnin , to do the repairs .
10 They may have to turn to the courts for satisfaction .
11 They may have to turn to the courts for satisfaction .
12 I would now like to turn to the symbol of the Virgin Mary in the light of this discussion .
13 As these funds are tied up in Treasury Bills , commercial bills and other assets , the houses may be forced to turn to the lender of last resort — the Bank of England .
14 To discover how these embalmed bodies were wrapped after the completion of the process we need to turn to the report of the examination of the ‘ mummy ’ of William Lyndewode , Bishop of St David 's ( d.1446 ) , discovered in 1852 during the reconstruction of St Stephen 's Chapel at the Palace of Westminster .
15 I venture to suggest you are more likely to turn to the books of both authors after reading their contributions in Esquire .
16 I 'd always imagined that one day I 'd be able to turn to the guy beside me at the Giants Stadium and say ‘ That 's my kid playing down there ’ .
17 Could I say that we 'd be willing perhaps that the Conservative amendment first of all , and then to turn to the amendment by the Liberal democrats erm I would like to suggest that schools or other charities , not just schools are exempt from any registration charge but will still notify the local authority in , in advance of an event , because events held at schools or by charities still create problems with traffic and parking and congestion
18 Andrew Stavanger was compelled to turn to the bank for help after the dock strikes , and it was then that I got to know him .
19 erm sequences such as what happened yesterday , what happened today , what 's going to happen tomorrow — dyslexic people very often have great difficulty with this and transferring from the two dimensional to the three dimensional , like you might say to a dyslexic adult when he or she asks directions , ‘ Oh , well , it 's first right , second left and then there 's a tower on your right and you 've got to turn to the left after the tree ’ and so on , and a dyslexic person ca n't remember any of that at all , or transfer it from the map to the reality .
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