Example sentences of "[verb] from a [prep] " in BNC.

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1 These generally ranged from a to c ’ , but in the serenade in the Ballet des plaisirs he was required to sing yet another fourth higher , in a part that covers the octave from f' to f ’ .
2 The probability of the particle traveling from A to B is given by adding up the numbers associated with all the paths that take the particle from A to B. For most paths , the number associated with the path will nearly cancel out the numbers from paths that are close by .
3 The wavelength of the light increases as it passes from A to B for two reasons .
4 With a tireless Pat Palmer rushing from A to B organising everything and trying to keep it all running smoothly , the course proved a great success .
5 You had to have a reason for going from A to B , or else you were in trouble .
6 Thus , they will make little contribution to the probability of the particle 's going from A to B. But the numbers from the straight paths will add up with the numbers from paths that are almost straight .
7 The probability of going from A to B is found by adding up the waves for all the paths .
8 It 's like an ad for a Ford Sierra that says , ‘ Drive from A to B ’ .
9 A policy which will consider not only air pollution , but problems such as energy efficiency , safety , noise , the implication of different systems of transport on cities and the countryside and ultimately society at large , to establish which are the most environmentally sound and economically efficient methods of moving from A to B for the sake of both humans and the planet .
10 Our worst experience was when a ladder we were moving from A to B hit an overhead cable .
11 You do n't see him move , but he gets from A to B. And he leaves no slime . ’
12 To her it was just a means of getting from A to B , but she welcomed its invention because it lessened cruelty to horses .
13 The theorists ' problems stem from the many different ways quarks have of getting from A to B. On the way , they can emit or absorb any number of gluons ( particles which carry the strong nuclear force ) , so the possibilities are endless .
14 And with fine understatement it records where getting from A to B is virtually impossible : ‘ There are no rail services in Equatorial Guinea , few tarred roads , very few buses and no taxis . ’
15 There are many products which will help take the hassle out of getting from A to B
16 It 's a way of getting from A to B in winter — and autumn and spring , too — in the far North where the snow lasts from November to late April/May .
17 There are various ways about that as there are with many road schemes er where there are structure plan policies for a particular scheme and there are arrows on key diagrams , there are many ways of getting from A to B er they are not er in terms of outer and inner , they are going from the same A to B. They they start and finish at the same locations , it is just a different way of getting from A to B. Which quite properly as I understand it would be a matter for debate er either at the local plan or if a planning application is made er earlier than that er then at a at a planning enquiry into the specific road proposal .
18 There are various ways about that as there are with many road schemes er where there are structure plan policies for a particular scheme and there are arrows on key diagrams , there are many ways of getting from A to B er they are not er in terms of outer and inner , they are going from the same A to B. They they start and finish at the same locations , it is just a different way of getting from A to B. Which quite properly as I understand it would be a matter for debate er either at the local plan or if a planning application is made er earlier than that er then at a at a planning enquiry into the specific road proposal .
19 But nevertheless , you may have different ways of getting from A to B but those different routes may in actual fact give a different set of benefits or perform different functions or not necessarily meet all the needs as you 're setting out to meet .
20 An eagle looking down from above implies a threat whereas a heron flying from A to B suggests a more peaceable purpose .
21 I found this difficult to believe , but erm judging by the number of pigeon forecasts , race forecasts that we issue , erm we 're very often talking about a quarter of a million pigeons at a time flying from A to B , and we provide the forecasts for these federations that race these pigeons , and there are a lot of pigeons flying about .
22 Granted that I have a map of my house in my head , how do I use it to go from A to E ?
23 Suppose it wants to go from A to a point E that it can not see .
24 ‘ proceed to a particular point ’ means e.g. to signal the driver to go from A to B or start a particular line of traffic etc .
25 If someone wants to go from A to B , who else is competing to take that person there ?
26 Instead it is supposed to go from A to B by every possible path .
27 They keep talking about what they call seamless journeys which means you should be able to go from A to B to C without too much problem .
28 QUANTUM physicists are trying to calculate the probability that a particle goes from A to B. This probability is the sum of the probabilities of each of the possible routes it could take .
29 Be prepared to fly from A to B via Z : Delta 's network is based on hubs , whereby waves of flights arrive simultaneously in Atlanta or Cincinatti , and take off an hour or so later .
30 Day-to-day life was governed by the pace of the inhabitants , and there was no point in running from A to B when everyone else walked slowly .
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