Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] from [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At night , after dinner , it is very pleasant to stroll from hotel to hotel or to the many bars and small restaurants or , later , to the discothèques . |
| 2 | I begin with this area because , firstly , it is towards the top of the paper and it is always preferable to work from top to bottom to alleviate unwanted smudging . |
| 3 | I begin with this area because , firstly , it is towards the top of the paper and it is always preferable to work from top to bottom to alleviate unwanted smudging . |
| 4 | When you can do this easily your lungs will be free to fill from top to bottom , so take a few deep , slow but gentle breaths . |
| 5 | Unlike most other economic activities , fishing took place at sea outside the territory of any member state and the fishing vessel was free to move from territory to territory at will . |
| 6 | If cars joining a crowded road take no account of the extent to which they slow down other road users , it may be almost impossible to rush from car to car offering or collecting bribes ! |
| 7 | An unskilled smallholder is likely to lurch from crisis to crisis . |
| 8 | Judicial views on this matter are likely to vary from judge to judge and from time to time : some judges favour more rather than less judicial review ; others less rather than more . |
| 9 | The answer lies in the fact that the risk premium may not be a simple constant ( α in the example ) but is likely to fluctuate from period to period . |
| 10 | The Centre for English Language Teaching continued to go from strength to strength , with increasing numbers in all its many programmes . |
| 11 | I sought a way of fudging it , of drawing a two-dimensional picture that conveyed something of what it feels like to move from point to point in the nine-dimensional genetic space of Biomorph Land . |
| 12 | ‘ I think I might just be able to totter from chair to chair , ’ she said , smiling sweetly at him . |
| 13 | ‘ If we did not , we would lose all continuity with our past , would only be able to live from moment to moment like butterflies alighting and flitting away , and no relationship or experience could have any permanent value for us . |
| 14 | Here one of them sacrifices for the other : both have trouble falling asleep , and their partner 's noisy breath wakes them ; so they wriggle towards the edge of the bed , leaving a broad space down the middle ; they pretend to be sound asleep , in the hope of making sleep easier for their partner , who will then be able to turn from side to side without disturbing the other . |
| 15 | On the other hand , if the deficit is located within the spoken word production system , the patient will be able to get from print to semantics correctly . |
| 16 | What 's more , so that you do n't have to walk too far to get from place to place , most of the nightlife is crammed into one strip no more than 400 metres long , which has bars , cafés and discos on 3 levels , just like one enormous night club with over 50 bars and dance floors . |
| 17 | 5.4.2 To replace from time to time the Landlord 's fixtures and fittings in the Premises which may be or become beyond repair at any time during or at the expiration of the Term |
| 18 | Departments are now obliged to review from time to time the bodies they sponsor , and have received instructions that — whatever the precise degree of independence — the minister is answerable to Parliament for whether the body is working efficiently and economically . |
| 19 | Even this pleasure was rendered impure , since , as we had no heating in our bedrooms , we were forced into the family sitting-room , and felt , out of courtesy , obliged to join from time to time in the general conversation — a pursuit not very rewarding to either party . |