Example sentences of "be passed down from [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Folklore has been passed down from generation to generation , some of it full of deep and obvious truth , some mere dogma of doubtful veracity . |
| 2 | The laws of mikva have been passed down from mother to daughter in a continuous chain from biblical times . |
| 3 | As her bobbin shot back and forward between the wools , she sang the old Gaelic songs that had been passed down from mother to daughter for centuries . |
| 4 | Another is that as gooseberry growing is one of those traditions which are passed down from generation to generation , and fathers were still able to pass their bushes on to their sons . |
| 5 | We want to see wealth and security being passed down from generation to generation . |
| 6 | This means that harem females are being passed down from father to son in a patrilineal fashion . |
| 7 | The report on the experience of the Birmingham Money Advice Centre ( Appendix III ) describes how the weekly credit caller can become deeply ingrained in a poorer family 's circumstances , perhaps even being passed down from mother to daughter . |
| 8 | In fact , the problem seems to be determined genetically , which means that the tendency to hyperkinesis is passed down from parent to child . |