Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [noun] to [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 You can work from left to right as you prefer .
2 If the argument starts with numeric characters ( with or without a preceding sign ) , VAL will work from left to right until it meets a non numeric character .
3 If we spot the fish we can cast directly to them with strong tackle and a big bait , or we can move from swim to swim until we find where a big barbel or two are feeding .
4 The cud is thoroughly masticated — the jaw can move from side to side as well as up and down — before it is finally passed into the digestive system where the job of extracting everything of nutritive value will be carried out .
5 The Padre was very weak now , and could only move from place to place if someone helped him .
6 Thus the teacher-in-role can decide from moment to moment whether to carry the burden of the pupils ' protection — ‘ My men ( a group of ‘ passive ’ children ) have this to say to you' is to be totally protective — or to remove that protection and hand over the power : ‘ My men have something to say to you … ! ’
7 Any thoughtful linguist must wonder from time to time if such a legacy can have been shaken off completely in the relatively short time during which scientific linguistics has existed .
8 Again , since truth is held to be individual and also fallible , rulership will be both conditional and also temporary ; because clearly the views as to what is true and therefore proper for government to act upon will change from time to time as opinion fluctuates amongst the body of the people .
9 Essentially , this is a question of fact which will vary from case to case although , prima facie , with innocent misrepresentation , time will run from the date of execution of the contract ; in the case of fraud however , it will run from the date of reasonable discovery .
10 In fact , England should go from strength to strength if the England ‘ B ’ performance against Ireland ‘ B ’ is any guide .
11 However pissed off we might get from time to time though , we 're going to have to accept that Wilko is at Elland Rd to stay .
12 This Agreement commences on [ ] and will continue for a fixed period of three years and thereafter will continue from year to year unless terminated by at least sixty days ' written notice by either party to the other , such notice to expire on any anniversary date of the commencement of this Agreement falling after the expiry of the fixed period aforesaid .
13 Animals this heavy can not safely leap from tree to tree as smaller animals can .
14 Successive actions will lie from day to day until the article is removed .
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