Example sentences of "[noun pl] from [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As new evidence came to light the risks from exposure to radiation appeared worse and worse . |
| 2 | In the so-called ‘ pill scare ’ of 1977 attention was first drawn to the risks from thrombosis to older women on the pill ( Vessey et al . |
| 3 | They must , of course , take calculated risks from time to time to achieve objectives which they perceive to be right but not universally popular . |
| 4 | The Lord has won a victory over my feelings in this area although there are still skirmishes from time to time ! |
| 5 | The Commission issues guidelines from time to time on its views on appreciability . |
| 6 | Research has consistently demonstrated that the transfer of older clients from hospital to the community can be very problematic with older people being sent home without adequate arrangements having been made for their continuing care ( Victor 1983 ) . |
| 7 | The belief , common to warrior peoples from Viking to Samurai , that the souls of those slain in battle went straight to heaven . |
| 8 | Natural resources and environment : water , soil , possibly vegetation , climate ( reflected in the growing season with hot-cold , wet-dry combinations from year to year ) . |
| 9 | The markings should be located as follows : a spot over each eye ; on cheeks ; as a strip around each side of muzzle , but not on the bridge of the nose ; on throat ; triangular mark on either side of prosternum ; on forelegs from carpus downwards to toes ; on front of rear legs from hock to toes , but not completely eliminating black from back of rear pasterns ; under tail ; black pencilling on toes . |
| 10 | Use hand-over-hand stroking movements on legs from ankle to thigh . |
| 11 | She stretched her legs from thigh to toes — and let go . |
| 12 | The tummy toner , for example , raises and lowers the bottom half of the body , and the waist trimmer swings the legs from side to side . |
| 13 | Obviously she 'd have to go out to the shops from time to time , but she 'd had her hair dyed black on the Saturday , bought a new winter coat and a large pair of dark glasses . |
| 14 | Homeworkers , who engaged in a wide variety of trades from matchbox-making to furpulling , did indeed suffer disproportionately from disease , particularly tuberculosis , and regulation was instigated not merely for the protection of the workers but also for the sake of the whole community . |
| 15 | Perhaps the most interesting is to discover what keeps the size of the population within such narrow bounds from year to year . |
| 16 | However , it makes sense to keep the variations of lighting within reasonable bounds from shot to shot by shooting your scenes in groups which are consistently lit . |
| 17 | But the two lifestyles were incompatible ; the herdsman followed — and later drove — his animals from grazing to grazing and became a nomad , whilst the gatherer settled down to till the soil and defend his crops from predators . |
| 18 | She slumps , exhausted , moving only her eyes from side to side as she follows our next exchange . |
| 19 | When , however , it is exposed in the left field alone , the tendency to move the eyes at the beginning of the line ( presumably the dominant one ) would be in conflict with the tendency to move the eyes from left to right . |
| 20 | I walked partway along the trail , closing my eyes from time to time , imagining myself blind , unable to see . |
| 21 | A key response of governments in Europe to the perceived fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s was to adopt strategies which would restrain state expenditure , switch payment for utilities from taxation to consumer charging , and allow the private and voluntary sectors to play a larger role in the provision of transport , education and welfare services . |
| 22 | In the UK the process of privatization over the past nine years has moved utilities from public to private ownership , again under a regime of regulation ( Vickers and Yarrow , 1988 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's not only hot , it cooks and sizzles from start to finish … |
| 24 | If the number of volunteers exceeded the number required , the company would be prepared to move drivers from quarry to quarry to make up the numbers . |
| 25 | Most had ignored him , some had ruffled and flown in their cages from side to side , clashing their great talons on the bars to intimidate him . |
| 26 | The Allied guns behind us sent a few shells rushing over our heads from time to time . |
| 27 | As they crawl , they wave their heads from side to side . |
| 28 | Norris ' ideas seem highly plausible and if this amazing and beautiful process is a correct understanding of part of the physical aspects of the dolphin 's 3-D sonar system , it also explains why they move their heads from side to side while they are emitting their characteristic echo-locating clicks — they are simply scanning their targets for angular , 3-D information . |
| 29 | The others were all shaking their heads from side to side . |
| 30 | The actual flow of funds from government to the industry represented by loans , grants and tax allowances has been minimal , at least since the late 1950s . |