Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] turn [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , it referred to the ability of a worker to move about within a workshop — hopefully from process to process — a mobility bestowed by ‘ knowledge ’ of different processes which in turn involved familiarity with the tools of the trade and the necessary skill to use them . |
| 2 | Hinton was the midwife of the British Magnox programme in the same way that Rickover developed the pressurised water reactor for submarine propulsion , which in turn paved the way for the now dominant pressurised water reactor ( PWR ) . |
| 3 | In the sea , the complexities are compounded by tides and currents , bringing pollutants sometimes from thousands of miles away , and from the sheer number of possible sources of pollutant — sewage works , factories , and agricultural fields — which feed into the rivers which in turn run into the sea . |
| 4 | Scientists used their own society as the model from which they formulated their ideas , which in turn justified the position of women as they found it . |
| 5 | Elections to the Bundestag ( Federal Diet — which in turn elected the Chancellor ) were due on Dec. 9 , 1990 . |
| 6 | Zhan Videnov , 32 , a parliamentary deputy from Plovdiv and graduate of the Moscow Institute of International Relations , was elected as party leader and chairman in place of Aleksandur Lilov : a new supreme council was also elected , which in turn elected its 11-member executive bureau on Dec. 19 . |
| 7 | There was general unemployment in the country which in turn affected the attendance of audiences so offers of work were dwindling . |
| 8 | During the Tang dynasty Chinese silversmithing underwent strong influence from Persia , notably in respect of vessels ( fig.23 ) , which in turn affected the shapes of porcelain . |
| 9 | Performance indicators quickly became used as a diagnostic tool to " inform " the accountability reviews which in turn developed " from departmental monitoring of broad strategies to deep monitoring of short-term operational plans and of control systems stretching right down to unit level " ( Harrison et al. |
| 10 | Investment no longer flowed into manufacturing companies , which in turn cut back production . |
| 11 | Each link in the chain expressed a perceived correct place and tied this into an all-encompassing behavioural ideology which in turn determined our action . |
| 12 | The talks , inevitably , were overshadowed by public demonstrations of support for the Soviet leader which in turn contributed to a wave of public resistance to the policies of the Chinese government itself . |
| 13 | This was the permissive factor which allowed the military needs of the state to be met from the indirect taxation of a wide range of consumer goods , which in turn funded the wartime borrowing needs of a country taking an increasing part in the state system of Europe . |
| 14 | The heat was retained by the celebrated ‘ greenhouse effect ’ , making the atmosphere hotter and very much denser , which in turn released further CO 2 from the rocks — the classic vicious circle . |
| 15 | At the same time the linking of allowances to family size encouraged feckless marriage and carefree breeding which in turn added to rural population and turned the labour market even more strongly against the rural poor . |
| 16 | The new districts were very largely based on amalgamations of existing district authorities which in turn derived from the sanitary districts created in the mid-nineteenth century . |
| 17 | The reality was the allegiance to Rome of the local aristocracies which in turn conditioned the behaviour of their clients and followers . |
| 18 | The impact of Morris 's ideas as channelled through the sphere of consumption , provided an effective means for the further development of precisely those class differences which in turn helped reproduce the conditions for the exploitation of labour . |
| 19 | This helped maintain confidence , which in turn helped maintain accumulation . |
| 20 | The wastes from bathroom equipment discharged into a ‘ hopper head ’ connected to the waste pipe which in turn discharged into an open gully . |
| 21 | The Vienna art historian Alois Riegl had a profound influence on , among others , Walter Benjamin , who in turn influenced the contemporary textual artists . |
| 22 | By Tudor times the Fen commons were subject to sophisticated management , controlled by the parish order-makers , who in turn appointed field reeves and fen reeves . |
| 23 | When the NAAFI ran out of cups , the old dear was at her wits end and sent for the orderly corporal , who in turn sent for the orderly sergeant . |
| 24 | Both Rachel and Nina got on well with the men , who in turn liked and respected the nursing team , and usually there was an easy-going air of camaraderie in the centre . |
| 25 | Even the Dutch , who colonized the nation longer than any other Western power , were more interested in trading posts than in exploration , and vested their authority in the local chieftains who in turn vested theirs on down the line so that a great many Indonesians have still never seen a European . |
| 26 | During the few days before Blundy came across to Belfast , Paisley contacted a legal friend who in turn suggested to Vincent Browne of the Sunday Independent , a Dublin newspaper , that he examine the Black case . |
| 27 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 28 | They in turn responded with incomprehension and then with anger . |
| 29 | They in turn recruited their friends in the belief that together they would make a jolly good team . |
| 30 | Having tried unsuccessfully to negotiate by telephone a compromise truce with Mola and other rebel commanders , he in turn resigned and was replaced by Azaña 's friend José Giral . |