Example sentences of "turn to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless very dense , the shady conditions produced by most garden trees can be turned to advantage by creating a miniature woodland that will suit shade-loving plants and offer a cool oasis in a hot summer . |
| 2 | The effects of electrical discharges on glass fibre and carbon fibre structures are uncertain , but it is clear that any moisture in the material would be turned to steam by a flash and would certainly cause delamination and very expensive damage . |
| 3 | The West Country 's joy at being able to combine quality and tradition in the shape of brand-new brown-and-cream-liveried bus-based four-wheeled diesel units for local branch services turned to dismay when their long wheelbase caused ear-splitting squeals on tight curves , and they had to be rapidly replaced by the thirty-year-old DMUs they had supplanted , fortunately not yet scrapped . |
| 4 | After a room-to-room chase lasting several minutes , during which every lamp in the house was turned to sawdust , the dog was finally caught and wrestled to the ground . |
| 5 | It is turned to Cool . |
| 6 | As the afternoon temperature rose our thoughts turned to the beaches . |
| 7 | Once every 100 years they resume their human shapes and renew their embraces ; anyone who sees them then is turned to stone . |
| 8 | Roads were turned to mud by days of rain and Fiorio had the additional hardship of a bubbling radiator to contend with . |
| 9 | THE PANAMANIAN military chief , General Manuel Noriega , has turned to ‘ people power ’ as he strives to shore up his tottering regime in the wake of last week 's failed coup attempt . |
| 10 | turned to the youth . |
| 11 | One of the Officers turned to me and indicated that I should push off . |
| 12 | His battledress was soaked with blood on one side , his face was a ghastly grey colour with the mouth hanging open , his head was turned to one side with the eyes closed . |
| 13 | There was a funny atmosphere all the time he was there Then after he 'd left , the other guys turned to me and said , what you doing bringing a sooty down ? ) |
| 14 | The government therefore initially turned to privatization in large part as an answer to the ‘ problem ’ of the nationalized industries . |
| 15 | If , therefore , the King had turned to Henderson after MacDonald had proffered his resignation , or had sought the views of Labour Privy Counsellors as suggested by Herbert Morrison , he could have been accused of wasting valuable time . |
| 16 | The Americans would have thousands of surplus transport aircraft that could be turned to civil use , and a well-developed transport aircraft industry ; the British , on the other hand , would have virtually none . |
| 17 | Then on the way back he had suddenly turned to Maggie and said , |
| 18 | In the same way , therefore , as they had turned to primitives for finding the opposite of capitalist relations of production , they turned to them for a form of family which was the opposite of the capitalist family . |
| 19 | Many low caste people who had previously been craft workers turned to farm work , and as farmworkers they had to be paid not in the old feudal terms but an amount definitely related to the work they did . |
| 20 | The Cadillac Automobile Company was formed in 902 out of the remnants of one of Henry Ford 's early attempts at building cars , and the company 's backers turned to Leland for help . |
| 21 | ‘ The first time I held those keys , I put them in my mouth and felt my bones had turned to gold , ’ she announces . |
| 22 | Can not understand why smallest toenails have turned to quartz and wish they would become pink and smooth again . |
| 23 | She took her art seriously and in the agony of creative inspiration often turned to poetry and music for assurance . |
| 24 | AS THE argument over economic solutions to solve Poland 's ills grows , the debate has turned to ways of maintaining worker interest and participation in industries which will be subject to a tougher managerial and financial climate . |
| 25 | Some have turned to religion , some to aesthetics . |
| 26 | He watched them out of sight , then turned to his squad . |
| 27 | Almost as soon as the Japanese surrendered in August 1945 these British hopes turned to doubts . |
| 28 | The Washingtons , though welcome , could not fill the gap entirely , so thoughts turned to the production of relatively simple flying bombs . |
| 29 | They have been used for thousands of years , one of the earliest references to salt being in the Old Testament when Lot 's wife was turned to salt in the desert . |
| 30 | Swordfish in the Georges Bank fishing grounds in the north west Atlantic Ocean have traditionally been taken by harpoon , but heavy fishing pressure has driven stocks to an all-time low , and some boats have turned to the use of drift-nets . |