Example sentences of "to turn to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is instructive to turn to the position of the local authority in the present case . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In fact they would be just as likely to turn to the agony aunt pages of a magazine . |
| 4 | Was it better to turn to the law than settle by other means ? |
| 5 | He kept his temper and signalled the other galley to turn to the shore at Drimnin , to do the repairs . |
| 6 | Much has already been said in the preceding pages about the subsequent progress through the learned hierarchy of the student who chose to become a muderris : with ability , luck , good connections or a combination of the three he would teach through a number of grades of medreses , eventually to turn to the mevleviyet kadiliks through which he might hope to rise ultimately to what had become by the end of the sixteenth century the principal office in the hierarchy , the Muftilik of Istanbul . |
| 7 | I would now like to turn to the symbol of the Virgin Mary in the light of this discussion . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Commission found that it could no longer find any Poles or Kaszubians who were willing to sell their land , and so began to turn to the purchase and resale of Junker estates . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | To see what it was once like we have to turn to the chalk downlands , notably the Ridgeway that follows the crest of the Berkshire Downs or the Icknield Way near Royston in Hertfordshire . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | The only alternative is to turn to the chapter itself and skim the pages for a clearer insight . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | And I 'd I 'd like to turn to the point that erm Professor Lock raised in in terms of the potential clash of interest if if you like between the restraint of of the policy and the er the development proposals as regards Sel Selby district . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But many of the ‘ undecideds ’ could well decide to turn to the IFP . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ In the last hours of her life , my mother seemed to turn to the Lord . |
| 20 | Eliminate the temptation to turn to the food cupboard for comfort by reducing to a minimum foods that can harm you : biscuits , cakes , crisps , pies , sweets , chocolate , pizzas and even bread . |