Example sentences of "the [noun] from [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The traverse of the ridge from end to end is a challenge exclusively for equipped and experienced cragsmen , progress along it being possible only by arduous scrambling and rockclimbing . |
| 2 | For the fourth time of asking , what will be the impact on 15 Para of the change from battalion to company status , where will the battallion headquarters be , why is it being taken out of Scotland , and , at a time when the Secretary of State says that flexibility and mobility are the key attributes of Britain 's Army , why are we making major reductions in a force which is the most flexible and mobile in the British Army ? |
| 3 | Sublimation is the change from solid to gas on heating and from gas to solid on cooling without passing through the liquid phase . |
| 4 | A noble vessel leaving the port shews that extended commerce has been the result of the change from slavery to freedom . |
| 5 | I have little doubt that the alteration was the composer 's own — particularly since the trill added to the piano part in the answering phrase ( it has no parallel in the violin part of the Septet ) serves to give variety to the ‘ echo ’ , as a substitute for the change from major to minor . |
| 6 | The important point in the present context is that the change from present to past tense destroys the identity of the plural noun ( in this example lies ) and the third person singular verb ( again lies ) . |
| 7 | In his time , David has seen the change from coal to oil , and now to gas fired boilers . |
| 8 | The change from totalitarianism to democracy will be much more complicated than we thought . |
| 9 | The change from flute to piccolo or vice versa occupies only a few seconds . |
| 10 | A crucial factor in achieving the change from hospital to community in Exeter was that district finance officers were able to fund their new services from within local budgets . |
| 11 | This period coincided with various socioeconomic advances which could also be usefully recorded , such as the change from horsepower to mechanisation and from an all-male workforce to a female civilian one . |
| 12 | This period coincided with various socioeconomic advances which could also be usefully recorded , such as the change from horsepower to mechanisation and from an all-male workforce to a female civilian one . |
| 13 | Looking back , there 's no doubt that we were too impatient and were unprepared for the major impact of the change from institution to community care on all concerned . |
| 14 | In Western Europe this was the beginning of the Renaissance and the change from Medievalism to classicism ; in Russia also there was a new era but not a Renaissance . |
| 15 | The Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC ) described the proposals as a " transferring of the struggle from race to class " . |
| 16 | ‘ As you know I do n't work in the firm but I do give a hand with the accounts from time to time — ’ |
| 17 | The overall curve in the board from nose to tail . |
| 18 | As the pairs had a pattern to follow which was dictated by the components of their task — lexis , structure , discourse function — it was possible for me to stop the discussions from time to time to concentrate the attention of the whole group on specific issues like , for example , the meaningful teaching or certain lexis and grammar . |
| 19 | A few visits to the seashore will indicate that there is a considerable variation in the height of the tide from week to week . |
| 20 | This broad spectrum of the work-load was one of the main reasons for changing the name of the specialty from venereology to genito-urinary medicine . |
| 21 | When you do all the sums and move all the money from pocket to pocket it looks as if there is an increase of between 2 to 2.5 per cent and that is almost the difference between the previous inflation forecast of 3.5 per cent and the present inflation forecast of 5.75 per cent . |
| 22 | He is reported to be in the process of responding to offers of employment from other theatres in Ireland and across the water , and to be keen to return to the Lyric from time to time . |
| 23 | Her husband Adrian , a mental nurse , called the midwife from time to time and at about 7.30pm the midwife told the registrar . |
| 24 | We also do some ‘ breeding success ’ work which involves watching the birds from nest-building to fledgling stages and recording how many chicks are produced each year . |
| 25 | In addition to granting sub-licences the taxpayer from time to time provided facilities for the duplication of films from the master film onto video cassettes and for dubbing which was carried out by sub-contractors . |
| 26 | Cut halfway through the stem from top to bottom , then rinse well with cold , running water until no grit remains . |
| 27 | ‘ She used to read The Times from cover to cover . |
| 28 | Having steadily reduced the preparation from organism to circuit , the stage was set for the final reduction ; Kandel 's colleague Samuel Schacher dissected out the specific sensory and motor neurons and incubated them together in a dish ( a procedure known as tissue culture ) . |
| 29 | The tall slender piers support a high vault and there is no triforium or clerestory wall to obstruct the vista from end to end and from side to side of the church , only a forest of delicate piers . |
| 30 | Two men in army clothes — possibly my two — could be seen about the camp from time to time , and Balfour thought that there might also be a third . |