Example sentences of "from [adj] [noun sg] to [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | Attitudes to homosexuality and lesbianism in our society range from complete rejection to acceptance of it as a valid alternative to a heterosexual preference . |
2 | Also moved sideways are Peter Lilley , from DTI to Social Security , Tony Newton from Social Security to Leader of the House of Commons , John MacGregor , from Leader of the House to Transport , and Malcolm Rifkind , from Transport to Defence . |
3 | It is only a short way from this position to punishment of artists whose views are seen as heretical , a tendency which led in medieval times to burnings at the stake and , more recently , to the horrors of the Maoist ‘ cultural revolution ’ . |
4 | SIR DAVID Frost 's transition from anti-establishment figure to pillar of the broadcasting hierarchy is charted in a three-part series starting tonight . |
5 | Sales of the product , whose yellow capsules contain natural minerals and vitamins to alleviate ailments ranging from pre-menstrual tension to lack of energy , have crashed by 30% to £1.9m . |
6 | When it came to it , the fish sold as lanisticola looked , to the discerning eye , quite different — the face was yellow rather than blue , the tail was heavily banded rather than streaked along the rays , and — to my mind the most important point — the upper head profile was quite different : that of the ‘ real ’ livingstonii being very like Ps. zebra , ie a humped forehead above a concave snout , while ‘ lanisticola ’ — as convex from upper lip to top of head , rather like Ps. tropheops . |
7 | A common practice of ‘ transition ’ is that from special school to college of further education . |