Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] from [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The keys crashed to the floor next to Gedanken ; the piece of paper followed , slowly fluttering from side to side like a snowflake . |
| 2 | And in the years of glut there is always a slatted wooden tray in some cool , dark attic , which the writer nervously visits from time to time ; and yes , oh dear , while he 's been hard at work downstairs , up in the attic there are puckering skins , warning spots , a sudden brown collapse and the sprouting of snowflakes . |
| 3 | In the indictment Bunyan was accused , among other things , of ‘ devilishly and perniciously abstaining from coming to Church to hear Divine Service ’ . |
| 4 | Well more misery for Forest another defeat more injuries less to go from strength to strength and we 'll be right back . |
| 5 | The haulier will not necessarily know from week to week what products are to be transported — if any — but must have a range of vehicles available to cover all eventualities . |
| 6 | The strategies naturally varied from case to case , but all addressed the broad goals outlined above and all included a publicity programme of meetings , brochures and media coverage . |
| 7 | Among them was a young officer who was riding a mule ( which stubbornly stopped from time to time ) and roaring with laughter . |
| 8 | ‘ It is an achievement to play games at the moment , as we are literally living from hand to mouth . |
| 9 | Any batteries that do not come out should be gently moved from side to side to allow them to unhook . |
| 10 | I am reduced to sitting staring out of the window with nothing much to look at but a young man , presumably a salesman or political canvasser , patiently going from door to door down the street . |
| 11 | The practical difficulties of laser-Doppler anemometry obviously vary from flow to flow ; sometimes it may be easy to mount a precision optical system around the flow , other times far from easy . |
| 12 | A general fining of the material and better sorting from east to west is the result . |
| 13 | The actual number of Greater London boroughs controlled by each party naturally varies from election to election and is strongly affected by the national political climate . |
| 14 | The Padre was very weak now , and could only move from place to place if someone helped him . |
| 15 | The larger eddies , which do play a role in the generation of the Reynolds stress , must be more characteristic of the particular flow , since the Reynolds stress distribution necessarily varies from flow to flow . |
| 16 | Just as the coastal cities were subjected throughout the centuries to incursions from the interior by the forces of whichever power held sway beyond the mountains — Byzantines , Hungarians , Serbs and Turks — so the tranquillity of the Mediterranean climate is brutally violated from time to time by the icy blasts of the bura . |
| 17 | And Mogg believes that the difficulty of ordering tea in the Waldorf Hotel these days is symptomatic of the decline of an empire , a feeling I 'm sure we 've all experienced from time to time . |
| 18 | The space between the fly sheet and inner dome also plays a major part in eradicating condensation , a problem which we have all encountered from time to time . |
| 19 | Quill-written characters consist of a series of more-or-less straight strokes , simple enough for a computer to turn into numbers and analyse , but complex enough to vary from scribe to scribe . |
| 20 | Examination methods and timetables naturally differ from course to course but , in general , candidates are assessed both on written examinations and on course work during the year . |
| 21 | The comparative implications of adopting this approach are that the meaning of what we are labelling ‘ aggression ’ will necessarily vary from case to case , depending on how the native concepts to which it is opposed vary from case to case . |
| 22 | Firstly , patients with sporadic adenomatous colorectal polyps are known to have a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer , but the possible modulation of this risk by hereditary or environmental factors will naturally vary from subject to subject . |
| 23 | Well I also was er , er , a producer then in the B B C and so he and I had some cheerful encounters at that time , since when he has obviously gone from strength to strength . |
| 24 | Finally , an emotional attachment or special friendship — call it what you will — can only go from strength to strength now , and in this respect , October should have a fairytale ending . |
| 25 | Her rehabilitation is now almost complete , and thanks to the special care of the Stokenchurch dog 's home and the patience of her new owners , she can only go from strength to strength . |
| 26 | the extent to which bureaucracies can indulge in co-optation will obviously vary from country to country , but the reciprocal relationship that develops between administrative agencies and client groups to the mutual benefit of each is very widespread . |
| 27 | The arm swing which pulls the club into the hitting area becomes the release action , the transition point being at about ten o'clock with the club shaft position , although this will obviously vary from player to player . |
| 28 | While the proportion received from the various sources will obviously vary from authority to authority , virtually all will receive some revenue from all three . |
| 29 | The current guidelines do not cover these matters and this will obviously vary from project to project . |
| 30 | On the contrary , it was recognized that the system was divinely appointed from beginning to end . |