Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun] to [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you can imagine the sort of conversations we 're gon na have when Ray and Cynthia are talking about the distances between things and I 'm going to be saying you know if I want to go from Piccadilly to Tech house , it can take me at least half an hour . |
| 2 | We can accordingly make a general summary of the tasks you are being invited to perform in response to essay questions . |
| 3 | The Dutch government is offering farmers subsidies to persuade them to switch from dairy to energy farming . |
| 4 | It has simply encouraged existing subscribers to switch from non-qualifying to qualifying policies . |
| 5 | A rise in the rate of interest may encourage people to switch from sight to time deposits . |
| 6 | It may have been relatively easy for a large part of the workforce to switch from manufacturing to service industries in the 1980s , but to do the opposite is more difficult . |
| 7 | The points are aimed at tempting boat operators , who rent out boats for weekly cruises , to switch from diesel to electric boats . |
| 8 | The present store area within the Exhibition Hall should be freed to allow for conversion to classroom use . |
| 9 | The sky would begin to change from grey to silver gilt , then peach , but still the sun did not rise . |
| 10 | The researchers believe that supramolecular structures such as micelles will prove particularly useful for the study of autopoietic phenomena because they allow extensive variation in structural organisation and can thus have a higher degree of functional complexity , for example being able to act as hosts to guest molecules , such as enzymes . |
| 11 | More worryingly insidious is their ability to act as magnets to acid rain , taking it from the atmosphere and releasing it into the soil , where it leaches down and enters the water system . |
| 12 | I suspect a new problem maya rise soon , as landowners are encouraged to charge for admission to mountain recreations as part of upland agricultural diversification initiatives . |
| 13 | The New Testament has a good deal to say with respect to church administration . |
| 14 | This has been used to support proposals to move from income to expenditure taxation . |
| 15 | Instead , we 're seeing the cynical deliberate closure of Sunderland ship builders , the refusal to allow Camel Laird 's retained ship building on the Mersey by re-zed designating them to allow the intervention and , of course , we 've seen the employees encouraged to enter into fight to death competitions which have weakened the industry , competitions that have clearly caused the receivership of Swan Hunters . |
| 16 | Slowly the seaward houses sank below the level of the canal ; to begin with parallel to bedroom windows , finally above roof level . |
| 17 | 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 ! |