Example sentences of "[vb base] from [noun sg] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monkeys leap from branch to branch through the trees and need to know exactly how far to jump . |
| 2 | The individual close-ups should be shot from the same side of a line connecting the two characters so that the eyelines match from shot to shot in the way they do in the master two-shot . |
| 3 | Researchers have discovered that periods of dreaming during sleep are related to times of rapid-eye movement ( REM ) during which the eyes flick from side to side under the eyelids . |
| 4 | Scottish Borders Walk from Traquair to Yair along an ancient drove road |
| 5 | Job opportunities for expatriates vary from country to country in that in countries where the native population is high , every effort is naturally made to employ local nationals rather than expatriates . |
| 6 | As many rafters are also canoeists , paddling techniques vary from team to team with blade strokes varying from short and fast to long and deep with each team striving to achieve perfect stroke timing . |
| 7 | Several studies , for example , show that policy outputs vary from authority to authority in a manner which is not simply related to differing resources or needs . |
| 8 | The boy lived on a roundabout of encircling affections , complex loyalties , quick on the emotional draw , switching from role to role as bolder boys scramble from horse to horse on a carousel : and always , it seemed , outside the house of Elfed , Richard was the bringer of good fortune . |
| 9 | In all pre-industrial societies children pass from childhood to adulthood by a ‘ rite of passage ’ ; there is virtually no in-between stage . |
| 10 | Via the half-reliable morsels of intelligence that pass from continent to continent along this jungle-drummed , smoke-signalled messageway , it appeared that William the Choco of Santa Fé in Darién was possessed of an unusual link with a great historical moment . |
| 11 | If we want to erect any distinction , it should be between genes that pass from body to body via the orthodox route of sperms or eggs , and genes that pass from body to body via unorthodox , ‘ sideways ’ routes . |
| 12 | If we want to erect any distinction , it should be between genes that pass from body to body via the orthodox route of sperms or eggs , and genes that pass from body to body via unorthodox , ‘ sideways ’ routes . |
| 13 | If they 're gon na be driving from village to village , they might as well work from a police station and drive from village to village in a transit van or a police vehicle . |
| 14 | Now remember this coral is from the western side of Isabella Island and at this location water temperatures are primarily controlled by the of cold , deep water as the trade winds blow from east to west across the islands . |
| 15 | These assets change from time to time in the ordinary course of business . |
| 16 | They change from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to adult . |
| 17 | ‘ M'kata was a natural , one of those geniuses that emerge from time to time in the game . |
| 18 | There are no rough edges : the three men and three women drift from solo to duet to ensemble with seamless ease . |
| 19 | The pair sway from side to side with necks extended forwards , inspect the insides of each others mouths , click their bills shut , wrestle with their bills , point their heads downwards , and then up to the sky . |
| 20 | It needs neither the approbation of ace tuner Alpina nor the motivation of an M-power badge to crack 140mph — 141–3mph on the Millbrook bowl is around 10mph faster than the old 325i could manage — or sprint from rest to 60mph in a sizzling 7.3secs . |
| 21 | It is by no means clear that many newcomers are even aware of the feelings that they arouse from time to time in the local population . |
| 22 | Indeed , if anything , modern societies seem bent on compounding the problem by considerably lengthening and complicating adolescence — a period of life which , as we have seen , barely exists in totemic societies where individuals go from childhood to adulthood via a few days of traumatic initiation . |
| 23 | How do we know that the laws of nature are not really like laws of a game of chess , but played on a chess board where the laws change as you go from place to place on the chess board , which is a very more complicated situation than an ordinary chess game where the laws are the same no matter where the pieces are . |
| 24 | His articles on his childhood and schooldays had won praise from time to time from all but the most dour Communists , who resented his privileged background . |
| 25 | People live from day to day in a world full of uncertainties . |
| 26 | All the yards now employ from order to order with minimal ‘ retained ’ work forces . |
| 27 | While working the FAXgrabber icon appears at the bottom of the screen and little bracket symbols move from side to side underneath it to tell you that it is operating . |
| 28 | The gaming world in part consists of four main islands ( there are rumours of more ! ) and this nicely breaks up the game and avoids the feeling of a bland and repetitive world , ( why does that Island concept ring a bell ? ) and you move from Island to Island by looking at a map and selecting your destination ( sounds VERY familiar ! ) . |
| 29 | At the scale of a single cell , molecules move from place to place by diffusion , although even at this scale larger objects like chromosomes and vacuoles are moved actively by the contraction of fibres called microtubules . |
| 30 | ‘ We move from place to place in shoals . ’ |