Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] into an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The East Coast of America is dominated by the big cities : Boston , New York , Philadelphia , Baltimore , Washington all exert such a gravitational pull that the smaller towns are sucked into an orbit of dependency on the nearest city sun . |
| 2 | Because they 've been pressured into an opinion on one particular aspect of their letter . |
| 3 | On Golden Pond has been made into an Oscar winning film , starring Katherine Hepburn , Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda . |
| 4 | In effect , the Grand Canyon has been turned into an irrigation ditch , between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead , the reservoir of Hoover Dam downstream . |
| 5 | This is a decently boring contest in which Mr Gould will sensibly make some points of principle and Mr Smith will be elected , but already it has been turned into an eisteddfod of exegesis . |
| 6 | The second bedroom had long ago been turned into an office . |
| 7 | A disused shop has been turned into an area where shoppers can give any evidence that they might think useful . |
| 8 | A taxi brought us to a boarding house she knew , and we 're shown into an apology for a bedroom . |
| 9 | A warehouse on the Rotherwas Industrial Estate in Hereford has been transformed into an adventure playground . |
| 10 | Suddenly , with little explanation , that had been transformed into an £89,000 loss . |
| 11 | Every member of the audience has effectively been transformed into an advertising hoarding . |
| 12 | Through Scripture , formal teaching , exploration , investigation and other appropriate educational techniques , the children are drawn into an understanding of the Church , its authority , its sacramental life , its liturgy and morality . |
| 13 | If the USA and the USSR are locked into an arms race , this is a fact of Realpolitik , not of Game Theory . |
| 14 | She thinks photography has been driven into an isolationist role : how right she is . |
| 15 | We do n't want to be cajoled into an arrangement at Ingleston , which is just a political convenience . |
| 16 | In the case of a personnel file , the list is likely to be sorted into an order that depends on some major key — in this case , usually alphabetic order or personnel number . |
| 17 | It will then be transferred into an interest bearing account in the names of your personal representatives . |
| 18 | These exercises can easily be incorporated into an exercise routine , with each exercise repeated a number of times . |
| 19 | 2 How could these changes be incorporated into an exercise for students ? |
| 20 | How could these changes be incorporated into an exercise for students ? |
| 21 | They will be incorporated into an exposure draft on off balance sheet finance , which the ASB plans to issue in the near future . |
| 22 | ‘ The whole of the west wing , ’ he was saying , ‘ will be turned into an art and design complex , while we are starting an appeal for the boat-house ! |
| 23 | Although this group is inert , it could be turned into an hydroxyl group at a later stage . |
| 24 | And when your kids are older , your home will be turned into an assault course — beds become trampolines , bookcases are ideal for mountain-climbing and stairs are made for jumping down . |
| 25 | An appointment of fairly uncertain prospects could be described in such glowing terms that a possibility of prosperity could be turned into an appearance of certain advancement to high rank . |
| 26 | It may now be turned into an arts centre |
| 27 | It is a sequel to The Barber of Seville by the same author ( later to be turned into an opera by Rossini ) . |
| 28 | This importance was partly strategic : by walling off the Isthmus ( land narrows ) of Corinth , as was done in the Persian Wars and again in the hellenistic period , the Peloponnese could be turned into an island , or a tortoise with its head tucked in , as the Roman commander Flamininus put it . |
| 29 | The Monograph Index will be scanned into an ASCII file during 1993 , for conversion into a format compatible with Soutron Library System . |
| 30 | The new French Agriculture and Forestry Minister , Louis Mermaz , said that France would not be pushed into an accord even if it meant extending the December deadline for completing the GATT talks . |