Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] from [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Strip borders range from 18 to 38 cms in width and cost from £7 per metre .
2 Reyntiens ' subjects range from classical to modern myth : the labours of Hercules , Orpheus charming the trees , Commedia dell'Arte , evocations of the Music of Berlioz and Faure , Kenneth Branagh as Quince in A Midsummer Night 's Dream , and Dame Edna Everage !
3 Styles vary from Jacobean with multi-gabled frontages to ‘ Tudorbethan ’ with battlements and pinnacles .
4 Magpies strut from flowerbed to flowerbed , greedily devouring the grubs that he turned up in yesterday 's gardening .
5 In this respect also , its general goals differ from those of the community studies .
6 Savannah animals differ from those of tropical rain forests , and these again from inhabitants of the tundra at high latitudes .
7 Launched in September with no publicity , one of the worst time slots imaginable — one or four o'clock on a Sunday morning ( depending on which TV region you 're in ) — and what looks like the lowest budget in TV , it nevertheless achieved a ratings increase from 300,000 to 1.6 million in it 's first four months and , according to Granada TV insiders , it 's guaranteed to run ’ almost indefinitely ’ .
8 If yields rise from 10 to 10.5 per cent , then the price of the bond will fall by to 98.75 .
9 If yields rise from 10 to 12 per cent , the price of the bond will fall by to 95.20 .
10 The words come from one of the in-depth interviews carried out by George Street Research , as part of our extensive survey of 418 businesses corresponding to the overall profile of Scotland 's industrial and commercial community , and are considered representative of its attitudes to and uses of solicitors ' services .
11 In so called active coeliac disease , malabsorption , and nutritional deficiences range from profound to minimal ; clinically silent coeliac disease is being increasingly recognised — for example , in family studies .
12 Substituting for X in the expression opposite , it will be seen that mean I , /Ap ratios range from 1.25 on shores of Grade 1 ( " Extremely Exposed " on Ballantine 's scale ) to 1.50 on " Extremely Sheltered " Grade 8s .
13 Useful economic lives range from 15 to 20 years .
14 The Bill will give HMI a new , independent , statutory role , with its own powers and duties separate from those of the Secretary of State .
15 Litigation procedures in Scotland differ from those in England but the course and the end results bear a general likeness .
16 Thus Brenda Almond suggests that the ways in which women 's lives differ from those of men are morally significant .
17 The conclusion to be drawn from these reflections is , I believe , that the ways in which women 's lives differ from those of men are indeed morally significant .
18 Actions under the Act differ from those at common law in that the consumer does not have to prove fault , but causation still needs to be established and the burden of proof is on the consumer .
19 Its functions differ from those of English RACs in that , in addition to acting as an association of local authorities , as an examining board , and as an RAC , it also has the responsibility for promoting the Welsh language and culture in education .
20 The performance of the server versions range from 98 to 130 MIPS and 32 to 60 SPECint92 .
21 The performance of the server versions range from 98 to 130 MIPS and 32 to 60 SPECint92 .
22 The colours range from light to dark yellow with dark muzzles and hoofs , and a few animals are brindles .
23 " So much for European harmonisation at all levels , " says Neil MacFarlane , Sports Minister from 1981 to 1985 , Conservative MP for Sutton and Cheam and a Vice-President of the P.G.A .
24 It is obligatory that you keep the Process and Working Directories for each LIFESPAN Process separate from those for other LIFESPAN Processes , otherwise several LIFESPANs could cause fatal interactions between themselves .
25 Then , as now , the norm was that young married couples should live in a residence separate from those of their families of origin , and the three-generational household was as rare then as it is now .
26 How do the needs of long-term lenders differ from those of equity investors ?
27 This Preface summarises the main respects in which the proposals of the FRED differ from those of the Discussion Paper , and explains why certain proposals were retained although some commentators pointed out difficulties or expressed objections .
28 In this spirit , Section 11 of the 1966 Local Government Act offered financial assistance for those authorities finding themselves with substantial proportions of Commonwealth migrant communities ‘ whose language and customs differ from those of the community ’ .
29 There is no evidence that the occurrence of borborygmi , flatus , and distension differ from those in other people .
30 The Leggatt catalogues date from 1836 to 1992 and concentrate mainly on paintings , drawings and prints .
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