Example sentences of "passed down from [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We want to see wealth and security being passed down from generation to generation .
2 Folklore has been passed down from generation to generation , some of it full of deep and obvious truth , some mere dogma of doubtful veracity .
3 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 .
4 These massive constructions of bamboo and paper , often passed down from year to year and re-covered for the next May festival by a new team , were far beyond the capacity of any individual flyer .
5 In fact , the problem seems to be determined genetically , which means that the tendency to hyperkinesis is passed down from parent to child .
6 This means that harem females are being passed down from father to son in a patrilineal fashion .
7 Swords are often passed down from father to son , and may be extremely ancient family heirlooms that have drawn blood in thousands of battles .
8 They were easily built and repaired using tools and skills often passed down from father to son .
9 The laws of mikva have been passed down from mother to daughter in a continuous chain from biblical times .
10 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 .
11 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 .
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