Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] from [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the length of time that Standard English has had this status differs widely from place to place : over three hundred years in Jamaica , less than two hundred in Dominica . |
| 2 | The account goes on from year to year , for as long as you want . |
| 3 | One view is that , even though the current physical self will perish , the spirit goes on from life to life ; if this is the case , one of the things that spirit has to learn is how to deal with all areas of negativity. 1 believe that , by the time the spirit enters the body , it has already chosen the lessons it wishes to learn and the difficulties it wishes to overcome during that lifetime . |
| 4 | Now that the state itself is disintegrating around us , while folk culture goes on from strength to strength , they need to be re-stated ( ibid : 95 ) . |
| 5 | However , productivity differs less from country to country for non-traded goods than for tradables . |
| 6 | The climate differs less from north to south and distances are shorter . |
| 7 | The Captain looks constantly from side to side , ready to react to anything suspicious . |
| 8 | Steven looks up from call to opposite number in Coventry . |
| 9 | He dashes about from place to place and function to function endeavouring to record all aspects of the local scene , trivial as well as tragic . |
| 10 | For printing , he uses a wall-mounted De Vere enlarger , with which , to get the size , he shoots literally from ceiling to floor — with many pairs of worn jeans to prove it . |
| 11 | Rejecting Galen 's theory , that blood passes directly from right to left ventricle , he proposed a vital role for the lungs , where a vital spirit emerged from the mixture of air and blood . |
| 12 | It needs a firm beginning , a detailed and carefully prepared centre that passes logically from item to item , and an ending that rounds it off . |
| 13 | Attracted , presumably , by the bright whites and reds , it flits deftly from shirt to shirt , with no intention of going anywhere . |
| 14 | Well it 's a difficult question to ask in a answer in a way because , because the pattern of grouping differs enormously from school to school . |
| 15 | Well it 's a difficult question to answer in a way because the pattern on grouping differs enormously from school to school . |
| 16 | The system of social security which varies widely from country to country is another important influence when international comparisons are made . |
| 17 | But confusion can arise due to the difference in sizes between packages or glasses , and the definition of a unit varies widely from country to country . |
| 18 | For Strathclyde , the damage through school fires varies widely from year to year , but rose to £6 million in 1991 . |
| 19 | In addition , the rate of the tax varies widely from state to state — the standard rate in Ireland is 23 per cent whilst in Spain it is only 12 per cent . |
| 20 | The place of computers in improving office efficiency varies widely from bureau to bureau . |
| 21 | While the rationale for the arm 's length approach , as well as the length of the arm , varies widely from organization to organization , the desire to distance important areas of public administration from direct political control has been a major factor in the twentieth-century growth of quasi-government . |
| 22 | There is no chart telling us just how many hours we should be sleeping ; indeed it varies greatly from person to person . |
| 23 | Accordingly , assessment of results must rely largely on subjective reports ; and the subjective experience of backpain varies greatly from person to person , and is much influenced by mental states ( and hence placebo effects ) . |
| 24 | The strength of teacher education , both initial and in-service , varies greatly from polytechnic to polytechnic , depending on such features as its previous commitment to and its present attitude towards the subject , the nature of the inheritance of qualified staff from the mergers with colleges of education , and the character of the courses and administration which have emerged . |
| 25 | The length of notice to which business executives are due varies greatly from company to company . |
| 26 | The booksellers ' and auctioneers ' vocabulary concerning condition is a very extensive one and varies greatly from cataloguer to cataloguer . |
| 27 | There are great difficulties in assessing health effects , however , since exposure varies greatly from house to house within small neighbourhoods . |
| 28 | There will then be taboos against appearing " naked " in inappropriate situations , though just what counts as either naked or inappropriate varies greatly from place to place for no very obvious or logical reason . |
| 29 | A child 's access to schooling varies greatly from place to place . |
| 30 | The insert procedure itself varies somewhat from model to model , but the essence of it is to arrange for the over-recording to end at a pre-determined out point . |