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

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1 The best solution was found to differ from area to area and enterprise to enterprise .
2 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 .
3 However , we have seen that this approach can be criticized on the grounds that the discourse structure of the interview is still present and that attempts to obscure the nature of the speech event are likely to lead in practice to confusion and difficulty .
4 On that basis , the male is programmed to go from nightclub to nightclub and bed to bed , scattering his seed about the place to produce as many new disco-dancing Lotharios as possible .
5 Well more misery for Forest another defeat more injuries less to go from strength to strength and we 'll be right back .
6 Therefore it is proposed that national supervisory rules should be harmonized , not in every detail , but only in the key factors — other less crucial aspects of the rules can be allowed to vary from country to country and be subject to mutual recognition .
7 Judicial views on this matter are likely to vary from judge to judge and from time to time : some judges favour more rather than less judicial review ; others less rather than more .
8 However , it is impossible to attend to approaches to teaching and learning for this stage without attending to how students are learning prior to this " ( Versey 1989:23 ) .
9 After four years as a VAT control officer at Customs and Excise , Parkin decided to turn from gamekeeper to poacher and joined Arthur Andersen in 1986 .
10 Given the significance of regular heroin use , the psychological and physical dependency often associated with the drug , and the all-embracing nature of the lifestyle usually required to secure funds and supplies , users tend to live from moment to moment and find little time for reflecting upon their situation .
11 His determination to impress Joan , to win her , made him even more tongue-tied ; his usual conversational gambit was to shift from foot to foot and laugh a great deal .
12 It stood four square , its dark red walls half covered with large-leafed Virginia creeper just beginning to change from green to gold and russet colours .
13 In the far north , where the landscape is turned white in winter by snow , mammals like rabbits and birds like ptarmigan have to change from brown to white and back again when the snows melt in spring .
14 It is impossible in these Coronation days to judge how long it will take to get from place to place and I asked the taxi-driver not to be too early .
15 The middle classes , especially those in government service , have to move from place to place and so need continuity of curriculum .
16 And they had the time worked out for every policeman the length of time he was allowed to travel from court to home and back again and you added that time to the time you were engaged in court and it was worked out to the minute — worked out officially how long it took the tram .
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