Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] from [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There is convincing evidence that a predisposition to alcoholism itself has a significant genetic component and therefore to examine the role of any genetic factors in predisposition to end-organ damage distinct from predisposition to alcoholism , any study should ideally include two groups of alcoholics , well matched for alcohol intake , with and without end-organ damage .
2 The cloud rolled effortlessly and relentlessly down the slopes of the volcano , spreading out into a broad fan which rapidly engulfed St Pierre , and in the next two or three minutes killed all but two of the population , and set the town ablaze from end to end .
3 The marriage is not finally dissolved until the decree is made absolute ; thus , transfers of property in the period between the decree nisi and the decree absolute from husband to wife incur no inheritance tax liability .
4 Those in Asia are two foot long from tip to tail .
5 Deeper down , though , the main mass cools down much more slowly , so that for weeks afterwards the core of the flow will be red hot , with the glow visible from time to time when small collapses take place .
6 At the other extreme , I suppose , one has those authors who create a landscape recognisable from book to book , regardless of the subject .
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