Example sentences of "from [v-ing] into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This prevents your VHF from transmitting into a frequency that is already occupied , even if the other transmission has started only microseconds before your PTT is pressed . |
| 2 | As he tried to stop the helicopter from going into a spin , it travelled further than he planned because he 'd mistaken the direction of the wind . |
| 3 | In a manifesto issued in August 1337 Edward accused Philip of aiding the Scots and committing acts of war in support of England 's enemies , and a pre-emptive strike against France seemed the most effective way of preventing the Franco-Scottish alliance from growing into an ever more serious threat to England . |
| 4 | VIABILITY — to what degree will the revenue gained from selling into a segment offset the total cost involved ? |
| 5 | As long as the hole remains clear of debris , if a pipe should split , air leaking into the system through the hole should limit any mess and prevent an accident from turning into a catastrophe . |
| 6 | It may stop your dream from turning into a nightmare . |
| 7 | Do n't be fooled by the hugely entertaining test in South Africa — it was only the brilliance of Australia that stopped this show piece game — played under the new laws — from turning into a shambles , says STEPHEN JONES ( Sunday Times ) . |
| 8 | In the event the plot ratio proved to be one of the major devices whereby the city was prevented from turning into a miniature New York ( Cherry and Penny , 1986 ) . |
| 9 | Millions of Nosema club together to mass-produce juvenile hormone in the beetle larva 's body , thereby preventing it from turning into an adult . |
| 10 | ‘ All partners are technically self-employed but in order to prevent them from getting into a frightful mess we deduct a percentage from their drawings , so there is something put aside for tax . |
| 11 | About the worst error you can make in an appraisal interview , apart from getting into a direct confrontation and violent argument , is to slip imperceptibly into being defensive . |
| 12 | reverse the order of the columns and listen to each pair of sentences ( helps flexibility and keeps you from getting into a rut ) |
| 13 | This might be in the long-term interests of English football , if the FA exercised their authority to discourage greedy club chairmen from out-shouting moderate colleagues , and so prevent acceptable reform from deteriorating into a reckless gold rush . |
| 14 | The club was prevented from deteriorating into a post-decadent state by the presence of the pianist , Mike Mackenzie , who kept the thread of respectability throughout . |
| 15 | In an emergency this may prevent a dog from straying into a potentially dangerous situation , for example if you should suddenly encounter riders on horseback when you are out for a walk along a narrow path . |
| 16 | Indeed the vendor community has successfully prevented the supply side of the industry from descending into a free-for-all by effectively staking out their respective territories and more or less sticking to them , Rothstein argues . |
| 17 | Leonora took out sweaters and shirts and underwear , putting them away with a vague feeling of trespass which failed to keep her from peeping into a folding leather picture frame lying at the bottom of the suitcase . |
| 18 | The question then is whether a State party to the first treaty can prevent another treaty party from entering into a later treaty from which it is excluded , but which would conflict with the first treaty . |
| 19 | In both the United Kingdom and Ireland an international agreement has no effect in municipal law unless it has been incorporated by legislation ; therefore in neither State could individuals use this provision to bring a legal action to prevent their government from entering into a new or modified agreement . |
| 20 | In this case Brightman J decided that trustees who held most of the shares in a company were negligent when they failed to prevent the directors of the company from entering into a highly speculative property development project , which turned out to be unsuccessful . |
| 21 | No rule of law or the profession , therefore , prevents him from entering into a contract by which he undertakes not to act for a specified class of person . |
| 22 | Similarly , science fiction motifs give way in this novel to fantasy elements which maintain it at one remove from realism but prevent it from falling into a generic category . |
| 23 | De Klerk stressed the need for " built-in guarantees and mechanisms which would prevent South Africa from falling into a one-party state or being delivered into the hands of an irrational dictator " . |
| 24 | The visitors hustled and harried Alton , preventing them from settling into a rhythm and Alton , lacking the inspiration of the previous week , could find no ideas to counter them . |
| 25 | His approach , however , was more flexible than that of his father and grandfather ; except perhaps in his clash with Archbishop Stratford he showed a surer political touch , and by his readiness to make concessions on many of the issues raised by the commons he prevented the political crisis from escalating into a full-scale assault on royal government in the manner of 1310–11 . |