Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] from [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is certainly a difficult poem for any translator to attempt — but then there is no Horatian lyric that could be called " easy " ; there are besetting problems , concerning metre and form , concerning word order , concerning a lexicon in which patent meanings are shadowed by possibilities of other meanings , concerning the importance of allusion , and above all the Horatian craft that mingles these elements interdependently , in patterns that persist or shift from strophe to strophe . |
| 2 | Complaints on the left side or go from left to right |
| 3 | Complaints are characteristically on the left side or go from left to right . |
| 4 | One day last week we 'ad to get us own lunch , me young See-all-hear-all-say-nowt upstairs , and then I had to bellow to get him down t'elp or I 'd 'ave been stuck 'ere in this chair wi'out a sup or bite from dawn to dusk and beyond . |
| 5 | ‘ We searched that place from top to bottom . |
| 6 | Was it a political Great Fear , a contagion that spread from city to city , village to village ? |
| 7 | There are both negative and positive implications in having the test that vary from individual to individual . |
| 8 | Again , no formal theory of attention is developed and indeed it is unclear that some mechanism other than that involved in abstraction is necessary — the distinctive features of an object or event are likely to be the invariants and the irrelevant aspects those that vary from presentation to presentation . |
| 9 | The directors are probably used to the supernatural events that happen from time to time ; the very fact that the building has connections with the railways has possibly something to do with the old railwayman but in what context I do not know . |
| 10 | If we want to erect any distinction , it should be between genes that pass from body to body via the orthodox route of sperms or eggs , and genes that pass from body to body via unorthodox , ‘ sideways ’ routes . |
| 11 | If we want to erect any distinction , it should be between genes that pass from body to body via the orthodox route of sperms or eggs , and genes that pass from body to body via unorthodox , ‘ sideways ’ routes . |
| 12 | Via the half-reliable morsels of intelligence that pass from continent to continent along this jungle-drummed , smoke-signalled messageway , it appeared that William the Choco of Santa Fé in Darién was possessed of an unusual link with a great historical moment . |
| 13 | ‘ M'kata was a natural , one of those geniuses that emerge from time to time in the game . |
| 14 | These homologies would provide considerable scope for direct extrapolation providing the functions of these brainstem regions are not modified by forebrain structures that differ from group to group . |
| 15 | Even where sediment is recorded , it is frequently in the form of sand waves that move from place to place and do not accumulate . |
| 16 | While this is true , we want you to feel in control of your weight and to be able to interpret the minor fluctuations that occur from day to day . |
| 17 | It would be interesting to note also the stresses that occur from time to time , be they physical , mental or emotional and to observe their effect on health . |
| 18 | The incident mentioned by the hon. Lady is clearly deplorable , as are the deportations that occur from time to time and the closures of universities , about which we have also protested . |
| 19 | Pedestrian precincts enable the customer to shop in safety , and walk from shop to shop to compare prices ; they are particularly helpful for parents with small children ( possibly in prams or pushchairs ) and the disabled . |
| 20 | Instead you can knit every needle on the main bed , hand select pattern needles on the ribber and transfer from ribber to main bed using the rib transfer carriage . |
| 21 | Put both feet almost together and jump from side to side . |
| 22 | The ingredients which make up the special stew are a closely kept secret and vary from chef to chef . |
| 23 | If they 're gon na be driving from village to village , they might as well work from a police station and drive from village to village in a transit van or a police vehicle . |
| 24 | I am functional on the methadone ; I can stand to get out of bed before three in the afternoon , I write poetry and draw from time to time , and even manage to socialise a little , dining at an occasional restaurant , catching the odd play . |
| 25 | ‘ Here we have Wren Boys who dress up and go from door to door asking for money , every St Stephen 's Day , ’ she said . |
| 26 | Then the women draw up a petition and go from house to house explaining the problem and collecting signatures . |
| 27 | The current round of investment is a strong vote of confidence from the main ICI Group that the Plastics Business will continue to build on recent success and go from strength to strength . ’ |
| 28 | Now let us take a step in time and move from summer to autumn , the time when the lush weed is still present and the water still runs clear at not much more than summer level . |
| 29 | We go in and move from room to room . |
| 30 | Many of the swamps around the flood plains of African rivers turn to hard sun-baked mud during the dry season , yet one fish , the lungfish , manages to live in them and survive from season to season by breathing air . |