Example sentences of "vary [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pointed arch provided a more flexible system since it could be varied in proportion of width to height in order to accommodate different spans and roof levels . |
| 2 | It followed that the periods varied in length from season to season and hence the duration of the hours fluctuated . |
| 3 | Agricultural productivity varied from country to country with its structure . |
| 4 | Figure 2.4 shows how the number of births in the United Kingdom has varied from year to year since 1964 , when it reached its highest figure since the 1920s . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) For the purposes of this section : ( a ) " special road " and " special road authority " have the same meanings as in the Roads ( Scotland ) Act 1984 and ( b ) " class I " means class 1 in Schedule 3 to the Act , as varied from time to time by any order under section 8 of that Act , but , if that Schedule is amended by such an order so as to add to it a further class of traffic , the order may adapt the reference in this section to traffic of class 1 so as to take account of the additional class . |
| 6 | Job opportunities for expatriates vary from country to country in that in countries where the native population is high , every effort is naturally made to employ local nationals rather than expatriates . |
| 7 | As many rafters are also canoeists , paddling techniques vary from team to team with blade strokes varying from short and fast to long and deep with each team striving to achieve perfect stroke timing . |
| 8 | In general , though , they vary from long-oval in shape to almost globular , are borne on rather long peduncles and , by now , will have almost entirely lost the wizened remains of the flower 's calyx . |
| 9 | Several studies , for example , show that policy outputs vary from authority to authority in a manner which is not simply related to differing resources or needs . |
| 10 | The only problem with grants is that they vary in availability from council to council . |
| 11 | Not every delta will construct new lobes , but some , like the Rhone , have distributaries which vary in importance from time to time . |
| 12 | When a certificate of insurance has expired or when a new insurance contract is being negotiated , insurance companies issue ‘ cover notes ’ which usually vary in length of validity from 15 days to 60 days . |
| 13 | The ch'i however varies in density from person to person , and the line that I should follow may be hard to discern through the turbid obscuring ch'i of which I am composed . |
| 14 | ( A suling was a measure of land that could be ploughed by eight oxen and varies in size from manor to manor . ) |
| 15 | While persecution varies in intensity from country to country and over time within one country , I can think of no Marxist-Leninist government which has not as a matter of official policy harassed , discriminated against and persecuted religious minorities . |
| 16 | The extent to which national goals for primary education have been consciously set and conscientiously followed varies in emphasis from country to country . |
| 17 | In prose reading , this unvocalized realization is normally less obvious , and no doubt varies in strength from writer to writer , from reader to reader , and from one situation to another . |
| 18 | The influence of the USA is such that American lawyers seek to impose the effect of US law ( which of course varies from State to State within the Union ) upon the rest of the world . |
| 19 | The nucleon-to-electron ratio varies from unity for hydrogen to about 2.5 for elements with high atomic number , so that any difference in the gravitational force felt by nucleons and electrons would appear as a difference in the gravitational acceleration of elements of high and low atomic number . |
| 20 | ( 4 ) Because the treatment required by the offender varies from individual to individual in accordance with what is ‘ wrong ’ with each , the duration and circumstances of the commitment must also vary . |
| 21 | Right with those parameters , so if you just look at the er coefficional income , if we estimate the coefficional income to be nought point five right , over the entire sample , the then subsequently find out if that coefficient varies from year to year from minus six plus ten , right , having a one point estimate , right , er oh that coefficient is not going to be particularly useful to us , we want to know er whether our coefficients remain reasonably constant throughout our sample period , particularly if we 're using this er equation to make out of sample predictions , right . |
| 22 | Its membership and its political weight varied of course from time to time with the personality of the monarch and with changing circumstances . |
| 23 | Group B , lying between the Rowdies and the Town Boys on the right-hand side of the London Road Terrace , was a much less distinct group which varied in composition from game to game . |
| 24 | They varied in design from area to area . |
| 25 | In the case of demand for diesel engines for small boats : ( i ) one market segment could be demand for pleasure boats , which might vary with income per head of the population ; ( ii ) another segment could be demand for fishing boats , where demand might be dependent upon estimated sizes of fish haul , or length of coastline . |
| 26 | Aurorae appear as streamers or curtains , varying in colour from whitish-green to deep red , often changing minute by minute . |
| 27 | Its flowers come in several forms varying in colour from white to deep pinky-purple . |
| 28 | It can therefore be argued that the virtuous conduct of which mankind is capable can be regarded as varying from individual to individual by quantity only . |
| 29 | The action is an invocation to the Queen of Serpents , the Royal Nagini , whose name may vary from State to State through the land . |
| 30 | Instruct each individual as it will vary from place to place on the floor . |