Example sentences of "[verb] from [adj] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chairman Ken Bates acted after a run of 12 matches without a win that has seen the club eliminated from both major cup competitions and slump from title-chasing territory to mid-table . |
| 2 | Young Warren Barton , the Wimbledon full-back , rose from non-League novice to England B status under Harford 's meticulous tutelage . |
| 3 | ‘ Among Catholics the response ranged from mild support to disinterest . |
| 4 | Transport is another area in which the discussion ranged from immediate action to changes only possible in the distant future . |
| 5 | His literary interests were remarkably wide and his expertise ranged from Anglo-Irish writing to Silver Age Latin epigrammatists ; but he published mainly on seventeenth-century comic or satirical dramatists , as his editions of Marston 's Malcontent and Vanbrugh 's Relapse testify . |
| 6 | The code of ethics ranged from strong drink to women of doubtful morals . |
| 7 | I moved from elementary school to grammar school when I was twelve . |
| 8 | Ken was brilliant in it , especially the parts where he moved from medieval English to Anglo-Saxon and then to just some noises . |
| 9 | It is usually women who have left work , or moved from full time to part time employment , to care for a sick or frail elderly relative . |
| 10 | A small but destructive minority has turned from religious zeal to crime , or to insurrection against its own governments . |
| 11 | Choi Ho Joong , who was moved from Foreign Minister to Unification Minister in charge of that dialogue , had been one of the architects of South Korea 's recent successes in establishing ties with many of the former communist allies of North Korea . |
| 12 | None the less , observers of animal behaviour know that altruistic acts with differing degrees of self-sacrifice are of common occurrence , ranging from parental care to group defence and rescue behaviour to complex forms of co-operation . |
| 13 | Sales of the product , whose yellow capsules contain natural minerals and vitamins to alleviate ailments ranging from pre-menstrual tension to lack of energy , have crashed by 30% to £1.9m . |
| 14 | This steer , in brief , sets out 10 key areas of ‘ health gain ’ , ranging from emotional health to cancers , and determines how these should be addressed by ‘ people-centred ’ planning and effective use of resources . |
| 15 | In policy areas ranging from mental illness to community nursing to staff development , the Welsh health service has been taking the plaudits . |
| 16 | There are many degrees of mental frailty or disturbance , ranging from mild confusion to Alzheimers disease . |
| 17 | To quote from their report ‘ AEA 's diverse businesses , with activities ranging from nuclear research to petroleum services , rest uneasily in the public sector where their entrepreneurial activities are inevitably somewhat constrained ’ . |
| 18 | It has drawn up a list of some 30 technical consultants , with interests ranging from marine science to energy , which the bank will call in for advice on esoteric projects that it is asked to fund . |
| 19 | The referendum had been organized to offer a choice between six different options , plus the existing status quo , ranging from full independence to incorporation as a state of the USA . |
| 20 | Suitable applications range from new build to restoration projects . |
| 21 | Over the next four months , the weather veered from intense heat to snowstorms . |
| 22 | And erm we used to work from seven o'clock in the morning until seven at night , we had to walk from New Invention to Hall because there were n't any buses and erm there were some girls , some girls worked at Legs have you heard of |
| 23 | Transfer from Langkawi airport to hotel and hotel to yacht . |
| 24 | The conventional method of knitting is to knit every needle on the ribber and the pattern stitches ( selected by punchcard , with the main carriage set to slip ) on the main bed and transfer from main bed to ribber using the shadow lace transfer tool . |
| 25 | In 1922 he reverted from temporary major to lieutenant ; he was promoted captain in 1924 and major seven years later . |
| 26 | The BBC As Cultural Patron : BBC orchestras should move from full ownership to independence through a declining subsidy over five years . |
| 27 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 28 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 29 | One of the Government 's aims in moving from supplementary benefit to income support was to simplify the system . |
| 30 | If the first finger points from magnetic north to south and the second finger points in the direction of the electron flow , from negative to positive , then the thumb is the direction of the electromotive force . |