Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For another , many of the genes carried by plasmids — such as those specifying resistance to the antibiotics kanamycin or penicillin — are flanked by special DNA which enables them to jump from plasmid to chromosome and back , or from one plasmid to another .
2 The Dutch government is offering farmers subsidies to persuade them to switch from dairy to energy farming .
3 He attached himself to the Sussex magnate Thomas Sackville , then Lord Buckhurst and later lord treasurer and first Earl of Dorset [ q.v. ] , who in 1594 recommended him to act as deputy to John Parker in a Chancery post as ‘ of honest sort and behaviour , of such good knowledge and skill for the discharge of such a place , and withall having so good means and ability to live ’ .
4 It passes by Largalinny Lough onto the forest lane for a short distance , leaving it to pass through forestry to Lough Fadd .
5 Well , it was supposed to be a holiday , and I did promise Claire I would n't take anything to do with work to Barbados , but both of us noticed fairly quickly just how few dogs there were on the island .
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