Example sentences of "[adv] turn a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He bewildered his audience for a moment , and then moved them , when he suddenly turned a political invective about government 's neglect of the environment into a lament that one of the sad losses was going to be the poetry of the countryside , the pastorals of a Vergil or a Theocritus . |
| 2 | I still remember the dirty liquid in my school test tube suddenly turning a brilliant turquoise , then shocking pink and then back to grey all in the space of a few seconds . |
| 3 | Next day , when the mob was destroying the Catholic chapel in Moorfields , he apparently turned a deaf ear to requests for orders from the soldiers and the fire officers in attendance ; and when the rioters ' work was done he uttered the mildest of rebukes : ‘ That 's pretty well , gentlemen , for one day ; I hope you will now go to your own homes . ’ |
| 4 | The turbine employs the difference in temperature between levels to produce vapour pressure in a working fluid , and so turn a simple generator ( 4 ) . |
| 5 | Of course the text looks pretty rough around the edges at 72dpi and the technology costs an small fortune but it 's certainly enough to turn a few heads . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't care , ’ he insisted , loudly enough to turn a few heads . |
| 7 | The latter has said that he could not necessarily turn a blind eye to this … especially if there were complaints from other parties ; as you are well aware the commission have the power to seek repayment . |
| 8 | It should be Christians , and not only Marxists , who assert that capitalism too easily turns a blind eye to its exploitation of the Third World . |
| 9 | Yet the signs are that industry largely turns a blind eye to what appears to a growing problem |
| 10 | He 'd already turned a blind eye when a couple of his lorries got hi-jacked . |
| 11 | The patient lies still , just turning a little from time to time . |
| 12 | We sing dumb anyway Turn a blind eye , |
| 13 | Whisked ‘ Andrew has always regarded her as a good mother but he can no longer turn a blind eye to her behaviour . |
| 14 | So why not turn a blind eye to it in a world dogged by unemployment ? |
| 15 | There is no obvious candidate from among the 10 already chosen , and indecisive leadership can easily turn a one-day victory into defeat . |
| 16 | I 've seen them , but I mean if , if they saw anything , I think they 'd just turn a blind eye to most of it . |
| 17 | I 'm , I 'm , quite amazed that , that , the question has even been asked , you know , that er that , that , er is this a good thing , I mean er presumably the people that are arguing that it 's not a good thing and that are concerned about events are actually condoning imperialism , er these people seem to think that it 's okay for a country to be occupied er like Poland was occupied by Germany and Czechoslovakia and France , that 's okay er and in fact you know we should just turn a blind eye to it and just let it carry on forever . |
| 18 | At that point , he grinned at Cassie quite wickedly , and her heart promptly turned a complete somersault inside her chest . |
| 19 | The label also turns a blind eye to the live tapes released by the band . |
| 20 | The Waco sheriff habitually turned a blind eye to Koresh 's activities . |
| 21 | Here is clear evidence that the judiciary could and did temper the law with common sense , and did not habitually turn a blind eye to social and economic realities . |
| 22 | Which face was now turning a pleased smile towards Alice . |
| 23 | The child , now turning a smiling face towards Aggie , said , ‘ I 'll stand on the chair and that 'll take me half-way up , but you 'll have to do the rest , as I ca n't reach . |
| 24 | Because there is a way forward , it is about negotiation , it is about hunt the hunting community , it is about sharing ideas and looking for a way forward , going forward from here , well to turn a blind eye to what goes on and vote for that amendment is very similar to what Hitler did in Germany fifty years ago . |
| 25 | Not even the fine citizens of Ecoville who have to get their rake-off too , or they would n't turn a blind eye to it . |
| 26 | We do n't turn a blind eye . |
| 27 | ‘ I know Mr Yates was n't very happy and I can sympathise , unfortunately the law was there and we could n't turn a blind eye . |
| 28 | Dana stared after him for a moment , then turned a malevolent glare on Claudia . |
| 29 | Bergman knows how to turn a sardonic one-liner or two , but not really how to pace a whole film ; the self-consciously wacky plot never quite clicks . |
| 30 | Thus by prioritizing intention and relegating consequences as accidents — conveniently turning a blind eye to strict liability-corporate officials can proceed to commit corporate crimes because they do not perceive them as such in the first place . |