Example sentences of "was [vb pp] from [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Michael Howard , another standard-bearer for the Right , was moved from Employment to Environment , the largest Whitehall department . |
| 32 | In the autumn of 1982 John was transferred from Coningsby to become Commanding Officer at Wildenrath in West Germany , and so the Corsair was moved from Coningsby to Duxford , becoming one of the first privately-owned warbirds to be based there . |
| 33 | At one time a footway was made from Skinnergate to North Bondgate to save people 's shoes . |
| 34 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that in Ayrshire we are extremely proud of the new hospital which was built from start to finish within five years , a record for anywhere in the country ? |
| 35 | as if to seal off the barbarians and leave them to their own devices , Hadrian 's Wall was built from Solway to Tyne between AD 122 and 127 . |
| 36 | The minute his attention was removed to the next , Kennedy was appraised from head to foot . |
| 37 | Michael was saved from choking to death by David , who reached inside his mouth to move his tongue . |
| 38 | The village achieved its premier cru status in 1985 when it was upgraded from 88% to 90% . |
| 39 | When she discovered also that Persian was written from right to left , she became convinced that his eyesight would suffer irreparable damage . |
| 40 | By 1974 , however , following the collapse in the property market , land was hawked from door to door by builders , estate agents , banks , speculators and private individuals . |
| 41 | I was washed from top to toe in Mrs Joe 's usual violent manner , and handed over , in my tightest Sunday clothes , to Mr Pumblechook . |
| 42 | But at the back the bodice was slit from collar to midriff and the skirt was daringly short . |
| 43 | In fact I have a bill somewhere where the next door to me at at the shop on Street was papered from top to bottom and the total bill for the paper and labour I think is under three pounds and that included el e e e eleven rolls for a staircase . |
| 44 | This was reiterated from time to time by showing them pages from the field notes and extracts from the data . |
| 45 | ( b ) In the course of the Norbec hirings , one particularly low VLCC voyage rate was agreed from Yanbu' to Brazil at W23.5 . |
| 46 | Chorus numbers were sung in full , and the Hoflin girl 's little solo in Act Two was performed from beginning to end , but Ingrid , who was singing Lisa — not such a heavy role , but she still had a couple of solos — was resting her voice again , and the rest just walked and hummed their roles . |
| 47 | Shortly after this , in April 1858 , the Vale of Towy Railway was opened from Llandeilo to Llandovery , thus making the through route from Craven Arms to Llanelli complete when the extension opened in 1868 . |
| 48 | She was wrapped from head to foot in an old-fashioned opera cloak , of blue velvet . |
| 49 | The setting of the original novel by Mervyn Jones was shifted from London to New York because , says Yates , ‘ I did n't want any of this dreadful , clichéd Swinging London business creeping in . |
| 50 | Li Changchun was shifted from Liaoning to Henan , replacing Cheng Weigao who went to Hebei . |
| 51 | The maximum fine for water pollution was raised from £2,000 to £20,000 , and that of littering from £400 to £1,000 . |
| 52 | Also , the threshold for requiring licensed appraisals on loans secured by real estate was raised from $50,000 to $100,000 . |
| 53 | On the Stock Exchange the dividend per share was raised from 3.2p to 6p and earnings per share rose from 10.21p to 13.29p . |
| 54 | This sum was raised from £20,500 to £21,300 in the 1987 budget . |
| 55 | The interim dividend was raised from 3.75p to 5p . |
| 56 | It was some time before he realized that the entire Sakata factory was lit from end to end by bright , dazzling light . |
| 57 | Resistance was prolonged from December to February 1947 when at length Sukarno secured approval for the change by putting his position to the test : if they refused , they must find a new president . |
| 58 | Between 1979 and 1988 the basic rate of this tax was reduced from 33% to 25% , while the highest rate fell from 80% to 40% . |
| 59 | Furthermore , these figures refer to the period before the top rate of income tax was reduced from 60% to 40% , and the ‘ poll tax ’ was introduced . |
| 60 | Royal Insurance reported a first half loss before tax of £79m ( v £97m ) ; its dividend was reduced from 11.25p to 2p . |