Example sentences of "[verb] from [noun] to person " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arguments rehearsed by Sextus Empiricus purported to show that , because perception of secondary qualities such as tastes and colours varied from person to person , we can not know how things really are in respect of these . |
| 2 | Swiftly Rachel and Nina moved from person to person , releasing seatbelts , offering reassurance and assessing injuries . |
| 3 | Selling is the most common method by which ownership is transferred from person to person . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | HIV is not easily transmitted from person to person except by ‘ high risk ’ activity . |
| 6 | It depends on the individual 's attitudes , needs and priorities which clearly vary from person to person and from time to time . |
| 7 | Howard walks with them , his eyes moving from person to person , from object to object , trying to take everything in . |
| 8 | There are a number of obvious problems with the application of this rule , since its interpretation varies from person to person . |
| 9 | However , it is a fact of life that what is considered reasonable is the product of our experience and therefore varies from person to person . |
| 10 | The actual length of time one is asleep before this level is reached varies from person to person . |
| 11 | The annoyance caused by noise varies from person to person , and depends on its loudness and duration . |
| 12 | Like other terms associated with emotional states , stress is difficult to define and varies from person to person . |
| 13 | Sexual need — sexual urge , libido , call it what you will — varies from person to person and , in the individual , varies somewhat from time to time . |
| 14 | The amount of fall in metabolic rate may vary considerably from person to person , just as metabolic rate varies from person to person . |
| 15 | In summary , the factors that control obesity are : ( 1 ) calorie intake ( 2 ) metabolic rate , which varies from person to person , and is mainly determined by the amount of muscles in the body ( 3 ) exercise level , and how much this stimulates you body 's rate of metabolism ( 4 ) hormonal balance |
| 16 | For some of the initial stages of crying , the length of time needed simply to weep , varies from person to person , it seems that the important thing is an unhurried , quiet , non-judgemental and shared experience . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The need for sleep varies from person to person — some require more than the average eight hours sleep a night be perfectly normal . |
| 19 | This sort of interviewing could well be characteristic of a community survey where the researcher went from person to person linking up kinship networks , occupational groups , recreational groups , religious bodies , and so on . |
| 20 | She went from person to person , taking care to avoid Uncle Lionel . |
| 21 | I just went from person to person and asked if they needed help when a policeman asked me to come and take a look at Johnathan . |
| 22 | Just as we are all different in our body weight and metabolism , so the type of diet we eat is influenced by factors which differ from person to person . |
| 23 | This idea or nominal essence will vary from person to person ; goldsmiths know more properties of gold , and so have a different idea of it than does a child . |
| 24 | The ‘ nominal essence ’ of the clock is the idea we have of it and , as with gold , this will vary from person to person . |
| 25 | The importance of these considerations again will vary from person to person , and from one society to another . |
| 26 | Even on the same diet , this will vary from person to person depending on many individual factors , including the amount of excess weight ( the heavier you are the faster you tend to shed weight ) and the degree of energy expended in physical activity . |
| 27 | It is very hard to give a precise answer to this question as , to a certain extent , it will vary from person to person . |
| 28 | Here we are focusing attention on the point of contact which will vary from person to person . |
| 29 | The detailed make-up of these proteins can vary from person to person — variation that comes from differences in the gene which describes the protein . |
| 30 | The truth is that there are disagreeable aspects to nearly all work ; that what is regarded as disagreeable in work will vary from person to person and , within one person , from mood to mood ; and that , in the end , the distinction to be made is simply but none the less crucially that the disagreeable features are more readily tolerated when the worker is working for himself than when he is working for someone else . |