Example sentences of "is [verb] from [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He designed the Palazzo del Tè , Mantua , in 1525 , and decorated it with frescos ; in the Sala de' Giganti the room is painted from floor to ceiling , so that the spectator feels overwhelmed by the rocks and thunderbolts hurled down by the rebellious Titans . |
| 2 | At its simplest the didactic element is shown in the way action is halted from time to time so that the author can explain , in plain , precise detail , a point of navigation , ship 's structure or deck organisation . |
| 3 | It is also not uncommon to find that the projection used to map a particular phenomenon is altered from time to time . |
| 4 | In Raymond Aron 's words , ‘ The essence of capitalist exchange is to proceed from money to money by way of commodity and end up with more money than one had at the outset ’ . |
| 5 | The scheme may well now be complete , but revision is recommended from time to time and thought must be given as to how this might be achieved . |
| 6 | When the human NF-L promoter is deleted from -300bp to -190bp there is a clear negative effect on neuronal expression of the gene both in transgenic mice and the cell cultures . |
| 7 | In addition , it is supplemented from time to time by statements of practice or policy issued by the Panel . |
| 8 | Before we leave this topic , with some doubtless well-received witticisms about the American ateliers that are called Schools of Creative Writing , let us ask ourselves how an artistic tradition is transmitted from generation to generation in England , if it is not transmitted in the way that Pound took for granted . |
| 9 | This attitude becomes part of their subculture and is transmitted from generation to generation . |
| 10 | Malaria is primarily a disease of the blood , and is transmitted from person to person by the bite of females of certain species of anopheline mosquitoes . |
| 11 | Mathematical knowledge is transmitted from teacher to pupil ; telling , showing and explaining are the order of the day . |
| 12 | When he has mastered this type of movement kneeling , more advanced work might involve sitting on his heels and then shifting his weight towards his hemiplegic side to practise controlling his arm and the side of his trunk while some of his bodyweight is transmitted from side to side . |
| 13 | In many societies occupational status has been or still is transmitted from father to son and from mother to daughter . |
| 14 | The upthrust is transmitted from wing to coracoid and the whole body is raised . |
| 15 | Both , but this one next door Bev is pushed from pillar to post |
| 16 | Selling is the most common method by which ownership is transferred from person to person . |
| 17 | Occasionally , responsibility within the SPR system is transferred from user to user without any action being taken . |
| 18 | In some systems one crane serves more than one aisle and in this case is moved from aisle to aisle by an automatic transfer system . |
| 19 | The 400 joule answer is correct if the load is moved from floor to floor , or the man always holds the load and moves from floor to floor . |
| 20 | Therefore the letter to you is written from sky to sky . |
| 21 | KIRKBY comic Sean Styles is grinning from ear to ear with his latest job . |
| 22 | The old type of gravity filter is rarely found nowadays , and most works use pressure filters containing beds of graded sand , coarse at the bottom and fine at the top , through which the water is pumped from top to bottom . |
| 23 | There is nothing to stop the parties agreeing , after a dispute has arisen , to refer their dispute to an expert for his determination , and this is done from time to time , in the same way as arbitration agreements . |
| 24 | The graphics card is a ProDesigner Orchid IIs , with 1Mb video RAM and supports refresh rates ( the rate at which the screen is drawn from top to bottom ) up to 72Hz . |
| 25 | Occasionally , responsibility within the SPR system is shifted from user to user without any action being taken . |
| 26 | that workers and managers together are enabled to develop alternative , civilian production strategies for their firms , that investment in R&D ; is shifted from military to civilian purposes , and that the enormous skills and technological investment which exist in the defence industries are harnessed for environmental protection . |
| 27 | The export of high quality quarry stones and gravel mainly for road construction in South East England is a trade which is going from strength to strength . |
| 28 | Palatine is going from strength to strength as an independent . |
| 29 | By all the rules of the market , Hewlett-Packard Co 's HP 3000 business computer family should be going the way of the Wang Laboratories Inc VS and the Nixdorf Computer AG 8870 , but in defiance of crude market logic , the machine is going from strength to strength , bolstered by the company 's relaxed approach to migration to Unix : because HP 3000 users know they can relatively painlessly convert to Unix any time they choose , the majority are happy to stay right where they are , and the company claims that its high-end HP 3000 system business actually grew more than 50% last year , and the much-derided Posix interface is actually enabling it to pick up applications from Unix . |
| 30 | Do n't pigeon-hole him as horror , he writes thrillers with paranormal undertones and is going from strength to strength . |