Example sentences of "[adv] from [noun] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The current trend towards ever higher emissions would be curbed by energy conservation ( accounting for around 43 per cent of the required reduction ) and a shift away from fossil fuels to renewable energy ( accounting for the remaining 57 per cent ) . |
| 2 | In all cases the strife has fundamentally weakened central governments , diverting both energy and money away from development issues to the domestic conflicts which assume overwhelming importance . |
| 3 | The next part of the discussion moves away from research institutions to farmers and pastoralists themselves , and concerns the accessibility of new agricultural technology to these people . |
| 4 | A major reason for this has been the move by customers away from cash transactions to cheque and credit card transactions . |
| 5 | ( b ) Could this idea be carried over from boiler inspections to drug inspections ? |
| 6 | Members of the research and development department , put under the massive strain of trying to turn production over from rock slippers to ‘ rubber craft ’ ( not proving all that popular according to market research anyway ) were dropping like flies . |
| 7 | Two of the issues which stand out most clearly from staff responses to the assessment are ( i ) that we must provide training in the health and safety aspects of workstation use , and ( ii ) that we must provide information to staff on the procedures for eyesight testing for those staff who spend long periods in front of display screens . |
| 8 | Unlike the Dee , which is essentially a Highland spate stream , rushing urgently from Grampian heights to its meeting with the North Sea , Don pursues a more leisurely course ; meandering through the countryside , lingering in wide , deep pools , sliding gracefully beneath branches of ancient trees . |
| 9 | Unbuffered by variations in gradient , their flows often fluctuate widely from afternoon maxima to early morning minima . |
| 10 | Why not visit the Amphitheatre and watch one of the exciting International Shows or perhaps you will find something else to do — there is so much going on from Fashion Shows to Jazz Festivals . |
| 11 | Men get sent back from specialist posts to uniform duties as a punishment and the strength of this metaphorical move downwards or backwards ( you can never move ‘ up ’ or ‘ forwards ’ into uniform ) is not lost on young officers . |
| 12 | We move now from tree spirits to water spirits , from maypoles to wells , and another custom whose origins reach back to pre-Christian times . |