Example sentences of "from [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July 1940 Bletchley had intercepted a message from Goering to the chiefs of staff of the Luftwaffe in which was made clear Hitler 's intention to prepare for the invasion of Britain — ‘ Operation Sea Lion ’ , as it was code-named . |
| 2 | RAF Hereford , based at Credenhill just outside the city , has been training RAF officers and men since 1940 in everything from catering to secretarial work . |
| 3 | It predisposes us to think of coming to know , not simply as active in itself , but as inseparable from reacting to the object and acting in reply . |
| 4 | I 'd only just come in from seeing to a sick sow — I 'm a pig farmer ; Mrs Langton here at Broom House knows me well . ’ |
| 5 | On Oct. 22 , the President had promulgated an order banning individual MPs from defecting to other parties — a move interpreted as designed to hamper a post-election attempt by Bhutto to form a coalition government . |
| 6 | Firstly they prevent the bacteria that cause urine infections from sticking to the skin cells in the bladder and urethra . |
| 7 | No extra fat should be required to stop the steaks from sticking to the pan . |
| 8 | For example , optical brightening agents for that ‘ whiter than white look ’ , bleaches , perfumes for freshness , and fillers which add bulk and prevent other ingredients from sticking to each other . |
| 9 | Intersleek works by preventing water-borne organisms from sticking to steel and concrete surfaces . |
| 10 | Strangely , he felt more pain from crashing to the floor than from the shot . |
| 11 | A MARK Hateley goal five minutes from time prevented champions Rangers from crashing to a second successive embarrassing league defeat . |
| 12 | A MARK Hateley goal five minutes from time prevented champions Rangers from crashing to a second successive embarrassing league defeat . |
| 13 | We have a shield under the which prevents the prosecution in a normal case from bringing to the attention of the court the fact that we have previous convictions . |
| 14 | Some of the new services permitted by the Act are simply those offered by many other financial intermediaries , requiring no especial change in the balance sheet but drawing upon societies ' general financial expertise which hitherto they had been prevented from using to its fullest extent . |
| 15 | Scarborough was stopped from relocating to an out-of town site and selling its current McCain Stadium on planning grounds . |
| 16 | Li Shai Tung 's hands rested lightly on the table 's edge , the now-empty bowl he had been eating from placed to one side , out of his way . |
| 17 | Ranitidine binds to H2-receptors in the gut wall , preventing a natural body-chemical , histamine , from binding to them ( such drugs are known as H2-antagonists ) . |
| 18 | It 's the sort of place where you can get everything done , from mastering to stampers to putting your cassettes in the shops . |
| 19 | The issue of principle in 1328 was whether women were excluded from ruling , and , if so , whether they were also excluded from transmitting to their sons the title to rule . |
| 20 | Ace shrugged , pulled out her blaster , and changed the beam from targeting to cutting . |
| 21 | As we do this , we can encourage consistently those in whom this gift is developing , and perhaps see some move from prophesying to having a mature ministry as a prophet . |
| 22 | Far from capitulating to this new thrust of American trade policy , Japan is taking a stand that could lead to a trans-Pacific confrontation . |
| 23 | ‘ But note that this is quite different from attributing to the Church in its established structures the dignity of being the Kingdom of Christ . |
| 24 | However , as it is the only qualification in this area , we have endless problems in discouraging people from attributing to it all sorts of accreditations for which it was not designed and have to point out that it does not qualify people to interpret , give advice or act on behalf of others . |
| 25 | Even here , however , the separate heading is worth preserving , since modern style-studies can and do content themselves with the mere description of distinctive linguistic patterns , abstaining not only from relating them to external factors such as authors or literary movements , but also from attributing to them any specific literary function . |
| 26 | Where 's Snoopy getting the money from to go to the Tiger 's Head tonight ? |
| 27 | ‘ There are 15,000 UN troops in Bosnia who have managed to save 400,000 civilians from starving to death . |
| 28 | In fact , they are so contaminated with PCBs alone that , under Canadian law , their corpses must be treated as toxic waste to keep the poisonous chemical from returning to the environment . |
| 29 | Andy the gardener was standing around on the lower terrace looking at some white geraniums he had set out in an urn by the pool house , and although she shrank from returning to the scene of yesterday 's shame , she decided to go and rap with him . |
| 30 | Once the elephants were in their new sanctuary , called Lebong Hitam , the army would dig a trench , with one very steep side and a solar powered electric fence on the other , to keep them from returning to their old haunts . |