Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] from [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the prime minister 's Tristar jet was buffeted by freak 200-mile-an-hour winds before being diverted from Ottawa to Montreal due to fog . |
| 2 | The dividend total is being lifted from 17.44p to 18p , with a 12.33p final on July 24 . |
| 3 | Beneath them is a freshly lettered gravestone being carried from Sedbergh to Hawes : |
| 4 | Jonas Savimbi , leader of UNITA , announced on Oct. 20 that the movement 's general headquarters was being transferred from Jamba to Luanda . |
| 5 | All over Europe it remained the one really insoluble problem and archbishops and bishops from Lund and Tournai in the north to Arles in the south of France and Gniezno in the east were ordered to deprive incontinent priests of their benefices and stop clerical benefices being transferred from father to son . |
| 6 | We also use the word because it has the connotation that the information that we are concerned with is being transferred from environment to enterprise , actually to be used ( good heavens ! ) — by specific users in specific contexts for specific tasks , and is not being transferred just because it seems a nice thing to do . |
| 7 | They also both attempted to obtain Tour Cards last year and failed , but neither have relaxed despite being prevented from returning to amateur competition during the past year . |
| 8 | If the ostriches were indeed infected with BSE by this route , it would be the first recorded case of the disease being transmitted from cattle to birds [ see Eds passim ] . |
| 9 | In part , these beliefs may be acquired through childhood ‘ socialisation ’ , being transmitted from parent to offspring . |
| 10 | The Customs and Excise Department is being moved from London to Liverpool , with the new office housing 1,800 staff . |
| 11 | These include specialist drugs , such as erythropoietin and growth hormone , being moved from hospital to primary care , mostly because hospitals are cash limited and primary care budgets are not . |
| 12 | The prisoner , who is serving a five year sentence for burglary was being moved from Dartmoor to Bullingdon Prison in Oxfordshire . |
| 13 | There are accounts of dogs of Mastiff type being exported from Britain to Rome through an agent known as the Procurator Pugnacium ( provider of dogs ) . |
| 14 | So there are two records being achieved here with the operation of ‘ The Sarum ’ being hauled from Waterloo to Salisbury and back on Friday , February 5th . |
| 15 | With more sophisticated design procedures under CAD , the balance of costs is clearly being shifted from manufacture to design and it becomes more important for cost accountants to use their cost analysis at the design phase ( i.e. the ex ante use of activity-based principles discussed earlier ) . |
| 16 | Net assets per share grew from 169p to 212p and the dividend is being raised from 1.55p to 1.75p , with a 1p final payable on May 29 . |
| 17 | ‘ Old people are being herded from place to place because of the whim of the county council . ’ |
| 18 | The Alarm Discount where buildings and contents are insured is being increased from 25% to 30% on the contents portion of the premium where alarms have a direct connection to a central station . |
| 19 | I stood on the winner 's rostrum swathed in the Union Jack , the photographers ' light bulbs flashing , the crowd clapping , cheering , other Union Jacks being waved from side to side . |
| 20 | Elizabeth of Spalbeck imitated the Passion of Christ at the Canonical Hours : at Matins , beating herself as she remembered Christ being taken with swords and staves ; at Prime , walking with arms twisted behind her back like a bound thief to commemorate Christ being led from Caiaphas to Pilate and then Herod ; at Sext , None and Evensong , stretching herself in a cruciform posture . |
| 21 | And because they were prepared to go out and speak about their faith people were being converted from Buddhism to Christianity in their thousands . |
| 22 | Earnings per share fell 64 per cent to 5.1p and the total dividend is being cut from 10.3p to 6.5p , after a final trimmed from 5.8p to 3.5p . |
| 23 | The final payment to shareholders is being cut from 4.25p to 2.1p , to make a total of 4.2p for the year , down from 6.35p last time . |
| 24 | The interim dividend is being cut from 2.53p to 1½p on August 17 , but the board intends maintaining last year 's 4.4p total . |
| 25 | The competitive position of the UK began to improve from the middle of the 1980s , with the rate of stamp duty being cut from 2% to 1% in April 1984 and to 0.5% in October 1986 . |
| 26 | New escape : A 22 year old prisoner was on the run today after escaping from Group 4 guards in Derby while being taken from court to jail . |
| 27 | A little scared , very curious , ravenously hungry and ready to argue the toss with anyone after being passed from person to person like so many yards of parcelled muslin . |
| 28 | A drink was thrust into her hand and within five minutes she was being passed from group to group as though she were the prize exhibit ; asked numerous questions she did n't know how to or have time to answer ; told endless tales of this person or that person ; until eventually , somewhat bewildered , she ended up in the bar with someone called Patrick who began regaling her with tales of old Ireland . |
| 29 | People have just had enough being thrown from pillar to post . ’ |
| 30 | Yes , there 's the er sweat rag as you call it being tossed from DeFreitas to Lawrence who , as he dries his hands rather like a towel . |