Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] from [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Forecasts about the course of democracy tend to swing from optimism to despair with alarming speed . |
2 | Like most radio services , paging is limited by the regulatory authorities ' allocation of frequencies , which tend to differ from country to country . |
3 | So you can imagine the sort of conversations we 're gon na have when Ray and Cynthia are talking about the distances between things and I 'm going to be saying you know if I want to go from Piccadilly to Tech house , it can take me at least half an hour . |
4 | And colleagues , a couple of colleagues that , er , few of us appear to appreciate from time to time , and those are the signers who do a very important job for some delegates who are here this week . |
5 | And , as I hope to demonstrate from time to time in later chapters , it is as legitimate to utilize Lévi-Straussian notions where these seem appropriate and fruitful as it is to derive inspiration from Freud — without necessarily being a dogmatic , doctrinaire Freudian . |
6 | In fact , they all look like they should be in different bands — which is how they manage to slip from soul to jazz , from funk to thrash , so easily . |
7 | ‘ Although this is a drastic comparison it is still worth bearing in mind , especially when we begin to pass from youth to maturity . |
8 | ‘ Although this is a drastic comparison it is still worth bearing in mind , especially when we begin to pass from youth to maturity . |
9 | If there 's a drought , how that drought affects people so that they actually begin to starve from want of food . |
10 | Electricity users set to benefit from leap in profit |
11 | Few things are consistent in the social services : each service tends to be financed differently ; the statutory basis , the context of the central/local government relationship and distribution of control , and the underlying social principles all tend to vary from service to service . |
12 | These patterns , each of which can be characterized in fractal terms , continue to change from step to step , unfolding a remarkable sequence , dynamic fractals . |
13 | Given the significance of regular heroin use , the psychological and physical dependency often associated with the drug , and the all-embracing nature of the lifestyle usually required to secure funds and supplies , users tend to live from moment to moment and find little time for reflecting upon their situation . |
14 | The Co Antrim team certainly had cause to celebrate after storming to the title after five years in the doldrums … and now they aim to go from strength to strength . |
15 | The non-dipole terms give a site dependence to the VGP paths ; they tend to move from east to west if the site is northeast or southwest of the point 0°N ; 90°E and from west to east if the site is northwest or southeast of it . |
16 | Store detectives work about seven hours a day , including breaks , and tend to earn from £8,000-£10,000 per year To avoid getting too well known , they have a patch of around 10 shops which they patrol on a rota basis . |
17 | Oh , yes , I know I 've got tomorrow off as well , but David 's off today too , and he 's promised to ferry me around if I need to go from place to place . ’ |
18 | Christians need to reflect from time to time on their faith , knowing that it is easy to be distracted from their calling to be disciples . |
19 | However , my brief was to make a virtue of necessity , as we all have to do from time to time , and concentrate on the planting . |
20 | The view is excellent from all seats , although the two passengers in the middle of the benches have to lean from side to side to make the most of it . |
21 | So that 's what we have to check from time to time . |
22 | In the far north , where the landscape is turned white in winter by snow , mammals like rabbits and birds like ptarmigan have to change from brown to white and back again when the snows melt in spring . |
23 | The middle classes , especially those in government service , have to move from place to place and so need continuity of curriculum . |