Example sentences of "we turn to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We turned to the shore and paddled as if for our lives . |
| 2 | Every hundred metres or so when we met the road zigzagging its six kilometres to the top we turned to the landscape : huge conical mountains with valleys that knit together as neatly as in a child 's drawing . |
| 3 | It is time that we turned to the inside of our book and began to explore its mysteries and terminology . |
| 4 | Looking to our right we recognised the Cottages with the road in front of them close to the ditch ; also our Professor 's stable , coach-house and dog kennels , with the back entrance from the road to his garden … we were soon in King 's Road [ Pancras Way ] which we found to be well studded with trees on each side … to our left the Country residence of Counsellor Agar [ builder of Agar 's Town ] … we turned to the right and first took notice of the front of our Professor 's house with its large garden protected from the pathway and road by a brick wall . |
| 5 | When we turn to the uterus , not only is it situated in the abdomen , but it is also confined to women ; and even in our enlightened days , it is hedged around with taboos . |
| 6 | We turn to the AFC and DFC , awarded since 1918 for acts of valour , courage and devotion . |
| 7 | When we turn to the animal kingdom we discover a whole array of senses which we , as human beings , reckon we do not have . |
| 8 | If we turn to the literature which attempts to combine sociobiology with social psychology , we find the formation of youth subcultures being given an explanation which is largely at odds with that proposed by Marxism . |
| 9 | It is against this background that we turn to the mathematics curriculum and ask what mathematics is relevant to real life . |
| 10 | If we turn to the history of man 's creation in the sacred volume , we find that his mission was simply to dress and keep the garden of Eden and to serve and obey his Creator … and that , so far from having any mission to pry into the laws by which the Almighty governs His creation , he was expressly forbidden to do so . |
| 11 | When we turn to the theatre the question of scale is also significant . |
| 12 | Finally we turn to the question of the possible payment of costs from central funds of this appeal , and of such appeals generally . |
| 13 | Secondly , we turn to the question of lifestyles led by subordinate social groups and their relationship to the home . |
| 14 | With this broad theme in mind we turn to the subject of International Relations and then to an outline of the book . |
| 15 | But when we turn to the input systems there would seem to be no choice but to use the language of ‘ representations ’ . |
| 16 | Er , if we turn to the revenue split I think this underscores the recession er , and you 'll notice that there 's a much lesher lesser proportion of revenue coming from advertising . |
| 17 | Second we turn to the war itself : the shock of destruction , the determination to rebuild and the emergence of consensus over central direction . |
| 18 | But , before we turn to the left 's criticism , it is both necessary and instructive to look at how the dominant rightwing , or what I have termed here ‘ mainstream criticism ’ , dealt with these films . |
| 19 | Finally , we turn to the hostility of the Armed Forces to Khrushchev in his final years , and the question of his downfall in October 1964 . |
| 20 | But , if we turn to the copy of the tables I will keep a copy . |
| 21 | Before we turn to the examination of the extent to which it is true to say of Parliament that it is supreme , it would be as well to make clear what we mean by the statement in the first place . |