Example sentences of "are [adv] [vb pp] from [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 On Singer/Superba machines , stitches are not transferred from side to side , but instead from back bed to front bed .
2 The stitches are always transferred from back to front , not side to side , so I have never encountered any problem with bias knitting .
3 One becomes a member of a caste by being born into one of its lineages which are always transmitted from male to male .
4 Even if upward social mobility amongst non-political elites is possible , the absence of any alternation of political parties in power may also breed anti-system frustration amongst the leadership groups of minorities that are permanently excluded from access to governmental power .
5 Quite soon the loads on aircraft got too big for this method ( though shot-bags are still used from time to time for certain simple tests ) and nowadays the loads are applied by means of hydraulic jacks operating through very elaborate multiple lever or ‘ family tree ’ systems ; each of the hundreds of branches ends in a mechanical attachment to the wing surface .
6 Sharks in general are n't flattened from side to side as free-swimming bony fish like herrings are .
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