Example sentences of "it [vb -s] from [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While British Standards ( BSi ) sets minimum requirements for the number of facilities for men and women , the provision of public lavatories is the responsibility of local authorities , so it differs from area to area . |
| 2 | In tennis he will ask his students to call out their estimate of the height of the ball above the net as it crosses from side to side , or he will ask them to shout ‘ Bounce ’ each time the ball bounces and ‘ Hit ’ each time it is hit , giving Self 2 a chance to show what a fluent player he really is . |
| 3 | yeah , but it goes from computer to computer , but summat 's gone wrong ai n't it ? , somewhere along the line , they 've rang the bank themselves maybe he did n't believe your dad or not I do n't know , she got back to him , she says , we 've rang your bank and they were very helpful , they saw it so what you have to do is ring Blackpool , she says as so as soon as Blackpool ring back , she 'll ring |
| 4 | It goes from alpha to omega , beginning Alpha , beta , gamma , delta . |
| 5 | ‘ It goes from side to side , stopping at every landing point so you 'll have a good — and cheap — view of all the buildings along the canal . ’ |
| 6 | In other words , the injury was such that the degree of pain which it produces from day to day throughout the years is at any rate sufficient for experienced medical men to say that the rather drastic operation of arthrodesis would normally be the best thing in the circumstances . |
| 7 | In Lesley Hall 's chapter on children 's perception , the emphasis is on visual search and how it develops from infancy to childhood and maturity . |
| 8 | The search for training which fits this description in the management of education is hindered in two ways : it has long been an area for tension between theorists and practitioners and it has from time to time been exposed to management models from fields where practice and purpose are very different from those of education . |
| 9 | It takes aim , compensating for the way that light bends as it passes from water to air and squirts a jet of drops , knocking the insect from its foothold so that it falls into the water and can be eaten . |
| 10 | The wavelength of the light increases as it passes from A to B for two reasons . |
| 11 | Note that it slopes from front to back , higher at the rear . |
| 12 | Instead it increases from act to act . |
| 13 | Oh , but there is nothing quite like a hansom cab — as it shakes from side to side , throwing us against each other , deliciously … |
| 14 | It costs from $15,000 to $350,000 . |
| 15 | Raxco Software Inc has released a client/server version of its Security Toolkit/Unix software : STK 2.0 monitors and maintains a database of file attributes and security data : it costs from $600 to $12,000 for Unix workstations — a VMS edition will follow . |
| 16 | It reaches from Bangladesh to China . |
| 17 | It grows from strength to strength each year and the quality of the programme gets even better . |
| 18 | It varies from person to person obviously now know that Laura is talk to her ask a question after nine minutes erm absorbed to knowledge . |
| 19 | Yes , I think , I mean , it varies from day to day , but as you say the rumours at the moment are that the is being upped a bit and I think it would be different . |
| 20 | It varies from village to village does n't it ? |
| 21 | I think the problem is , that at the moment sex education is so arbitrary and it varies from school to school and from house to house I think they have to make it like a core part of the curriculum , make it compulsory and make it uniform throughout the country , so everybody 's getting the same education , the same quality I think that 'll help . |
| 22 | There is a very high proportion of police officers on the beat , although it varies from force to force . |
| 23 | Thus the activities of successive Conservative governments since 1979 may have made the re-emergence of local political activity more likely , but the form that this activity takes , how it varies from place to place and how it develops will be shaped by the interaction of local and national processes . |
| 24 | Where it is excessive , or where it varies from point to point , problems occur , resulting in cracking , disfigurement and detachment of the walls . |
| 25 | Presented in base alphabetical order , it ranges from Abingdon to Wyton , with a detailed history of each aircraft for each gate , along with photographs of the aircraft whilst in service and/or in its position on the gate . |
| 26 | The paths of waves representing energy prone to scattering ( that is , the shorter wavelengths ) as it travels from sun to Earth are shown . |
| 27 | Thou shalt separate the earth from the fire , the subtle from the gross , gently with great sagacity ; it ascends from earth to heaven , and again descends to earth ; and receives the strength of the superiors and the inferiors — so thou hast the glory of the whole world ; therefore let all obscurity flee before thee . |
| 28 | ‘ Half my time is spent with visiting new and on-going clients , a quarter visiting relatives and other professionals involved , and a quarter recording , planning , attending ward rounds , etc — but it changes from week to week . ’ |
| 29 | Erm so what I 'm saying is that there is a partnership between the states and the federal government , there is no single fixed correct relationship between the central government and the state government , it changes from time to time er more and more of the cards are coming to the hands of the central government but you would , you would be wise not to underestimate the independence and the diversity of the American states which have a , a genuine er sense of , of local er democracy and difference er and states very frequently resist the federal government . |
| 30 | Each case is monitored as it progresses from arrest to final disposal . |