Example sentences of "[to-vb] into " in BNC.

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1 In the rat brain there are regional differences in the structure of the cortex , but the areas that can be identified tend to blur into each other .
2 But if Marxists believe that liberal democratic input politics can open state organizations to accommodating class struggle , then their arguments threaten to blur into those of pluralists or democratic elite theorists .
3 ‘ I 've come to find you ! ’ he cried , struggling back to his feet ; but the words seemed to blur into a shout that was almost meaningless .
4 He tosses a few slow jabs at several male heads , then for a couple of seconds allows his black , shiny Florsheims to blur into the patented Ali shuffle .
5 My mother soon began to drum into me the notion that I was different because of my eyesight , and therefore that I should not expect too much out of life .
6 So , as the deputies gathered in Pale , the message Serb leaders tried to drum into their heads was simple : sign the plan for Serb victory .
7 A lot of folks drop their guard when they think they 're dealing with a man of simple mind — and if behind that kind of pose you hide the steely determination I 've been trying to drum into you , son , you 'll do just fine . "
8 Exceptions to this were found in the older family where the wife had always been active and continued to work into her 70's , and where a specialised product like cheese was being produced for farm gate sales .
9 The effect of this is noticeable on people from hotter climates who have siestas ; they are able to work into the early hours of the morning without feeling fatigue .
10 In all cases , give yourself time to work into the faster tempo by running the first one comfortably and then gradually applying the pressure .
11 Watson discusses the meaning of work and separates motivation to work into intrinsic and extrinsic satisfactions .
12 I 've got to work into it gradually .
13 But the paper added : ‘ It is also right that people should not be forced to work into old age in jobs that may , on the one hand , impose physical or mental demands which are beyond their capacity or , on the other , be boring and repetitive . ’
14 John Cole , the Political Editor of the BBC , commented in February 1985 : ‘ To see the Prime Minister , arms akimbo or leaning far across the dispatch box to bellow into the microphone , is to recall a Belfast working-class politician … who boasted that his Ma could beat any woman in the street .
15 With the Fokker lurching and shuddering in the storm I unfastened my safety-belt , staggered up to the pilot 's cockpit and was finally able to bellow into ‘ Buck ’ Buchanan 's ear that the mail had been left behind .
16 Let us expurgate from the immaturity of our environmental thought , that essence of crepuscular darkness which our sciolism leads us to extrapolate into quotidian existence .
17 The Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , insisted yesterday that the economy was unlikely to slip into recession because of higher base rates as long as UK companies controlled their costs .
18 Like so many in the New Zealand tour party , Fox has never experienced the intimidating atmosphere generated at the great sporting shrine and may have taken time to slip into the groove .
19 His father believed that he had a good eye and could have played the game well if he was not liable to slip into a trance and forget that his attention was needed .
20 Hooligans often take care to evade police escorts and to slip into rival territories unobserved .
21 But his eye is too keen and his feel for the different histories of these nations too strong to slip into one-answer explanations .
22 Since citizenship has become a fashionable and acceptable word , it is easy to slip into the habit of using it in preference to ‘ individual rights ’ or ‘ human rights ’ , but it is important to bear in mind the desirability of keeping the private sphere of the life of the individual separate from his role as citizen , an essentially political role and status .
23 ‘ Prof ’ Francis always turned up at celebrity concerts and was often able to slip into an empty seat at intermission .
24 Back at her place she offered him a large whisky and then said that she just had to slip into the bedroom to see to a few things .
25 She had decided it ought n't to be too difficult to slip into the stables and up the ladder first , but this time she did n't even reach the water pail .
26 Although he was still away fairly often , visiting the mills in Leeds and Bradford which provided the bulk of his income , he was more relaxed now that he felt that he was mastering the intricacies of the various businesses which had been allowed to slip into low productivity during his father 's ill-health .
27 But I 'm also a perfectionist and I 'm a bit lazy so , with two small children , when things start to slip into the chaos zone , I just give up .
28 Demons are real , I believe , but the moment we try to literalise them — describe their shape and detail their habits — we tend to slip into fantasy .
29 Unless the working classes were caught up in the new sectarian movements of Protestantism ( which were themselves a reaction and response to modernity ) , they were liable to slip into unbelief .
30 Because it is so easy for women to slip into a shared area with each other , they may at times have a fear of doing so , in case they lose their individuality .
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