Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] from [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 However , apposition is distinguished from co-ordination by criterion B , since the conjunction of co-referential elements is unacceptable .
2 He designed the Palazzo del Tè , Mantua , in 1525 , and decorated it with frescos ; in the Sala de' Giganti the room is painted from floor to ceiling , so that the spectator feels overwhelmed by the rocks and thunderbolts hurled down by the rebellious Titans .
3 At its simplest the didactic element is shown in the way action is halted from time to time so that the author can explain , in plain , precise detail , a point of navigation , ship 's structure or deck organisation .
4 It is also not uncommon to find that the projection used to map a particular phenomenon is altered from time to time .
5 The scheme may well now be complete , but revision is recommended from time to time and thought must be given as to how this might be achieved .
6 The electromagnet shown in section in Fig. 3.21 is designed to give radial magnetic flux density B in an annulus of radius a and width unc when energized with constant voltage V. Its coil is wound from copper of conductivity unc and is located in the annular space inside the electromagnet which has the dimensions a , b , c shown in the figure .
7 When the human NF-L promoter is deleted from -300bp to -190bp there is a clear negative effect on neuronal expression of the gene both in transgenic mice and the cell cultures .
8 In addition , it is supplemented from time to time by statements of practice or policy issued by the Panel .
9 Before we leave this topic , with some doubtless well-received witticisms about the American ateliers that are called Schools of Creative Writing , let us ask ourselves how an artistic tradition is transmitted from generation to generation in England , if it is not transmitted in the way that Pound took for granted .
10 This attitude becomes part of their subculture and is transmitted from generation to generation .
11 Malaria is primarily a disease of the blood , and is transmitted from person to person by the bite of females of certain species of anopheline mosquitoes .
12 Mathematical knowledge is transmitted from teacher to pupil ; telling , showing and explaining are the order of the day .
13 When he has mastered this type of movement kneeling , more advanced work might involve sitting on his heels and then shifting his weight towards his hemiplegic side to practise controlling his arm and the side of his trunk while some of his bodyweight is transmitted from side to side .
14 In many societies occupational status has been or still is transmitted from father to son and from mother to daughter .
15 The upthrust is transmitted from wing to coracoid and the whole body is raised .
16 Both , but this one next door Bev is pushed from pillar to post
17 Selling is the most common method by which ownership is transferred from person to person .
18 Occasionally , responsibility within the SPR system is transferred from user to user without any action being taken .
19 In some systems one crane serves more than one aisle and in this case is moved from aisle to aisle by an automatic transfer system .
20 The 400 joule answer is correct if the load is moved from floor to floor , or the man always holds the load and moves from floor to floor .
21 The very term ‘ lunatic ’ , which was widely used in this discourse , implies a lay psychological theory : the term denotes people whose thinking is disrupted from logicality by personality or stupidity .
22 Therefore the letter to you is written from sky to sky .
23 The old type of gravity filter is rarely found nowadays , and most works use pressure filters containing beds of graded sand , coarse at the bottom and fine at the top , through which the water is pumped from top to bottom .
24 There is nothing to stop the parties agreeing , after a dispute has arisen , to refer their dispute to an expert for his determination , and this is done from time to time , in the same way as arbitration agreements .
25 Thus , it is claimed , the economic and political environment is absolved from responsibility for disease and collective responses are rendered unnecessary .
26 The graphics card is a ProDesigner Orchid IIs , with 1Mb video RAM and supports refresh rates ( the rate at which the screen is drawn from top to bottom ) up to 72Hz .
27 Occasionally , responsibility within the SPR system is shifted from user to user without any action being taken .
28 that workers and managers together are enabled to develop alternative , civilian production strategies for their firms , that investment in R&D ; is shifted from military to civilian purposes , and that the enormous skills and technological investment which exist in the defence industries are harnessed for environmental protection .
29 The same clay is used from year to year and takes about three hours to reconstitute by soaking in water and disinfectant .
30 The Cabinet is split from top to bottom over the Prime Minister 's policy of using Common Market grants for tax cuts instead of for the provision of help to deprived areas .
  Next page