Example sentences of "[noun] is [v-ing] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | KIRKBY comic Sean Styles is grinning from ear to ear with his latest job . |
| 2 | ‘ Indian industry is going from strength to strength . ’ |
| 3 | The number of visitors is increasing from year to year but at the peak of the holiday season this is causing more congestion and overuse of the landscape . |
| 4 | By all the rules of the market , Hewlett-Packard Co 's HP 3000 business computer family should be going the way of the Wang Laboratories Inc VS and the Nixdorf Computer AG 8870 , but in defiance of crude market logic , the machine is going from strength to strength , bolstered by the company 's relaxed approach to migration to Unix : because HP 3000 users know they can relatively painlessly convert to Unix any time they choose , the majority are happy to stay right where they are , and the company claims that its high-end HP 3000 system business actually grew more than 50% last year , and the much-derided Posix interface is actually enabling it to pick up applications from Unix . |
| 5 | Palatine is going from strength to strength as an independent . |
| 6 | A new temperance movement is spreading from state to state , to the alarm of brewers and distillers , and of some in government . |
| 7 | Shock attack : An 80year-old woman is recovering from shock after coming face to face with a burglar who stole jewellery from her Wirral home in Spencer Avenue , Rock Ferry . |
| 8 | My health is improving from day to day . |
| 9 | Padding is moving from shoulders to chest — yes , bosoms are back ! |
| 10 | The House of Mattli is expanding from couture into ready-to-wear and one of the big Bristol stores , Taylors , are putting on a show to publicise the fact that they will be stocking the new prêt-à-porter ' , Arlene explained . |
| 11 | The idea of groining a beach is that along the Sussex coast the beach material is moving from west to east , this is because the prevailing winds drive the gravel erm onto the beach from the southwest , and it moves in that direction all the time . |
| 12 | Like the Jews , they are exactly the sort of quick-decision , risk-accepting businessmen who are needed when a region is changing from communism to capitalism . |