Example sentences of "may turn to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember , it 's more likely that youngsters may turn to drugs if they come from a home where the adults appear to be dependent on legal drugs like tobacco or alcohol . |
| 2 | The band may turn to their publisher , who is part of a different company , for some extra money . |
| 3 | Coloured pigments also vary with time , especially if the fresco is not maintained under optimal conditions : white may change to brown ( lead white to lead oxide ) and blue may turn to green ( azurite to malachite ) . |
| 4 | You may turn to others in the company — for rest assured they 'll be watching you — and deadpan them with something like , ‘ … and as well as that … ’ ( indicating the departing cretin ) ‘ … |
| 5 | Elderly people may turn to a younger relative or friend to help them host a party . |
| 6 | While despair means literally the loss of hope , the movements of despair are frantically directed towards hope ; but the hope born of despair may turn to the prescription of the isolated will . |
| 7 | IRELAND , bottom of the Five Nations ' Championship last season , may turn to a Welshman to lead them in the 1995 rugby union World Cup in South Africa . |
| 8 | Bulgarians may turn to Guentchev |
| 9 | Leaving aside for the moment a final conflict over the estates of Canterbury , we may turn to Anselm 's efforts to hold a council for the reform of morals and discipline throughout the land . |
| 10 | It might be suggested that the employed women make up a particular group with respect to housework attitudes : women who are dissatisfied with housework may turn to employment as a palliative . |
| 11 | Similarly , a negative attitude may turn to a ‘ do n't mind ’ one under certain conditions , for example when the items ironed are less intrinsically boring ( baby 's clothes are said to come in this category ) . |
| 12 | Some advisers , they thought , may turn to inspection to survive in a climate of education expenditure cuts . |
| 13 | In the confusion of this anger both men and women may turn to a friend or even a stranger for a sexual encounter , often to the scandal of friends and neighbours . |
| 14 | A woman may turn to bottle-feeding to give him a chance to join in . |
| 15 | The Department 's submission should press the Region 's case to be the Unitary Authority for Lothian , even if we feel the Government is against it — they have not proved the Region is inefficient or ineffective and other parties may turn to the Region 's support . |
| 16 | The chairman of its Scottish council , Dr Mac Armstrong , told a press conference in Edinburgh : ‘ This should be one of the most exciting enterprises the NHS has ever engaged in but the enthusiasm for this initiative — which is there — may turn to scepticism because of the Government 's commitment to it . ’ |
| 17 | TAYSIDE Region , the first local authority in the United Kingdom to set up a special team to tackle classroom bullying , may turn to the tormentors for help in tackling the problem . |
| 18 | The inquirer may have an urgent need seeking a solution and may turn to the competition if faced with a delay . |