Example sentences of "passed [adv] from father to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea that acquired characteristics or congenital injuries ( or calluses on the knees of camels , for example ) are passed on from father to offspring , was once taught by the Lamarckian school and is now discredited . |
| 2 | Their status was hereditary , land and titles being passed on from father to son . |
| 3 | ‘ Arts ’ , or crafts , relied on practice ; and these traditional activities were passed on from father to son , or at least master to apprentice , as Faraday learned bookbinding , and as Davy had begun to learn medicine . |
| 4 | This means that harem females are being passed down from father to son in a patrilineal fashion . |
| 5 | Swords are often passed down from father to son , and may be extremely ancient family heirlooms that have drawn blood in thousands of battles . |
| 6 | They were easily built and repaired using tools and skills often passed down from father to son . |