Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] from [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The entry of his feast-day in eleventh-century church calendars indicates that he became fairly widely venerated , and miracles were occurring at his tomb in St Paul 's before the translation of his remains from London to Canterbury in 1023 .
2 DAVID KILSBY David Kilsby joined the retail sales force in September as Merchandiser for the Southern area which covers from Cornwall to East Anglia .
3 ‘ It is just one of those things which happens from time to time . ’
4 We may be reminded of the ‘ hummadruz ’ , or mysterious humming with no apparent cause , which occurs from time to time , particularly at ancient sites .
5 There 's incidental impotence which occurs from time to time when a man fails to get an erection after having had too much to drink , for example ; or through tiredness , worry or anxiety .
6 Exports to western countries increased from US$ 6.1 billion to nearly US$7.3 billion ; the number of joint ventures from 1972 to 1989 was ( in round figures ) 1,000 , whereas in 1990 alone the number of new joint ventures reached 4,000 perhaps with the help of a revival of commercial law the ‘ tortuous and costly road of socialism which leads from capitalism to capitalism ’ is made smoother and swifter .
7 Hart-Leap Well is a small spring of water , about five miles from Richmond in Yorkshire , and near the side of the road which leads from Richmond to Askrigg .
8 There is a gradient of values which increases from north to south .
9 ‘ We still believe there is a lot of untapped potential in the catchment area which stretches from Moyle to Ballymoney .
10 Maureen covers an area which stretches from Swansea to Wootton Bassett and across to Birmingham .
11 From a small , localised clientele , the company has now expanded into a customer base which stretches from Southampton to Wick .
12 On the North-East circuit today , which stretches from Middlesbrough to Ashington , boys make up only about three per cent of the dancing community .
13 The report points out that 70 million people live in the banana-shaped industrial complex which stretches from Britain to Italy .
14 During the year Manweb spent £85.5m on improving the network , which stretches from Aberystwyth to Merseyside , and is planning similar capital expenditure in the coming 12 months .
15 Rooney 's large canvasses and works on paper are always memorable and , on reflection , I see his work as part of an English tradition of individual ‘ eccentricity ’ which stretches from Blake to Stanley Spencer , Paul Nash and Carel Weight .
16 Pam Ashton will take the Trans Pennine Trail , a route she is helping to establish , which stretches from Southport to Hornsea on the east coast .
17 Nevertheless , the climate of public opinion has moved in the direction of making contraception available , in spite of legislation , which varies from country to country , aiming to restrict various aspects of the practice .
18 We shall see that in fact , Black British speakers focus on the broadest Creole variety , though they code switch between this and British English to an extent which varies from individual to individual and from situation to situation .
19 In summary , the factors that control obesity are : ( 1 ) calorie intake ( 2 ) metabolic rate , which varies from person to person , and is mainly determined by the amount of muscles in the body ( 3 ) exercise level , and how much this stimulates you body 's rate of metabolism ( 4 ) hormonal balance
20 The problem then needs to be formulated in scientific terms and this requires the object to have some property which is unique to its origin , but which varies from place to place and is not significantly modified by manufacture ; the property must also be scientifically detectable .
21 Patterns can be affected by climate , which varies from region to region , so that a particular tree-ring pattern established in one area can not be used for dating timbers from another part of the world .
22 The construction of the task is a dynamic process which varies from age to age and society to society .
23 Holists , by contrast , wish to explain individual intentions and desires as the outcome of these wholes , thereby awarding explanatory priority to a range of social factors the identity of which varies from theory to theory .
24 perhaps in six months or in sixty years erm facing the same kind of problem again er I , I can erm I have close experience with a situation on my , on my own patch which rises from time to time an and is most unpleasant for the people in and it goes back if I might say so an and therefore the planning considerations that have been mentioned need to be paid attention to .
25 A rarer species which appears from time to time is marketed as the ‘ Scribbled Anthias ’ .
26 The numerical increase worth counting is that which endures from decade to decade .
27 a positive or negative which reads from left to right .
28 ‘ I look upon pigeon fancying as a very enjoyable hobby and , through the club , I have the opportunity to race my birds every week of the season , which lasts from March to September ’ .
29 ‘ ONLY A few small seas and rather larger mountain ranges stand in the way of the completion of a Euro-megalopolis which spreads from Glasgow to Milan ’ , according to Terence Bendixson , a transport researcher .
30 Teeth are believed to be a more accurate indicator of exposure to lead than blood , which fluctuates from month to month .
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