Example sentences of "[noun] from [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that year em waves from Venus at radio wavelengths greater than about 10 mm were detected by means of radio telescopes . |
| 2 | As laicisation has forced religion from community to private practice , we should not be surprised that so few people know how to mourn together and share common griefs . |
| 3 | A similar policy for mentally ill people moved patients at record speed from asylum to cardboard box , tent , and lions ' cage . |
| 4 | I recall imitating a stunt performed by the obscure Buffalo Bill Jnr in a Poverty Kow serial , when he outwitted his pursuers by swinging at speed from saddle into tree . |
| 5 | One of the great achievements of the Roman Empire was the construction of their roads by which means their Legions moved with comparative speed from place to place . |
| 6 | Over the last decade or so , new types of financial instrument have been developed to help businesses manage the risks from fluctuations in interest and exchange rates . |
| 7 | As new evidence came to light the risks from exposure to radiation appeared worse and worse . |
| 8 | They must , of course , take calculated risks from time to time to achieve objectives which they perceive to be right but not universally popular . |
| 9 | The Lord has won a victory over my feelings in this area although there are still skirmishes from time to time ! |
| 10 | The Commission issues guidelines from time to time on its views on appreciability . |
| 11 | In silent grief from hill to hill . |
| 12 | Drugged you drag grief from room to room and weep , |
| 13 | The spectacular charge of the Light Blue Brigade from stakeboat to finish line con founded the bookies and the Tideway pundits who gave them no chance against Barcelona gold medallist Matthew Pinsent and his crew . |
| 14 | Natural resources and environment : water , soil , possibly vegetation , climate ( reflected in the growing season with hot-cold , wet-dry combinations from year to year ) . |
| 15 | Pin and tack the pleats on the right side from top of valance to bottom of stiffening , by bringing the solid lines together on the wrong side as with pinch pleats ( fig. 33 ) . |
| 16 | He might have rejected Malebranche 's extension of the arguments about relativity of perception from secondary to primary qualities ; he might have rejected the further conclusions Bayle said should be drawn from them . |
| 17 | Use hand-over-hand stroking movements on legs from ankle to thigh . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In this capacity , he attended meetings around the country to organize opposition to American attempts to remove Aoun from office in favour of a new Syrian-backed president , and later that month conferred in New York with Dr Muhamad Mugraby , Aoun 's envoy to the United Nations , and the consul general for Lebanon , Victor Bitar . |
| 21 | Many women met their husbands from work at dinner time and did their weekly shopping , taking advantage of the cheaper prices at the market and some to ensure they got their housekeeping money before their spouses spent their wages on drink . |
| 22 | One of Stirling 's problems was that he was not content to let others do the raiding from time to time , though he had proved his own courage and nobody would have thought the worse of him had he decided to concentrate on sorting out the many administrative problems that beset L Detachment . |
| 23 | It was kicked around like a football from family to family , none of whom seemed to have loved it or to have been able to hold on to it for long . |
| 24 | During this time signals from tissue from tissue with a short T2 , for example , the gut wall , can experience appreciable decay and thus appear dark . |
| 25 | Closely allied to foxgloves they carry their spikes of tubular flowers for many weeks as the individual blooms open in succession from base to tip of the spikes . |
| 26 | The beautiful blooms only last for a day or two , but there 's a continuous succession from spring to autumn . |
| 27 | But as soon as a company takes the first tentative steps from data to information , its decision processes , management structure , and even the way its work gets done begin to be transformed . |
| 28 | By the time they finally arrived in the deserted car park behind the arcade she was trembling from head to foot , racked by every emotion from fear to rage . |
| 29 | ‘ Are ye leaving so soon , Master English Clerk ? ’ she asked suggestively , her eyes boldly studying Corbett from head to toe . |
| 30 | Some of the things a good caddie was expected to know included a good knowledge of the game , to be able to advise the player on which club to use at any given moment ; a knowledge of the course , the length of its holes , its geography from tee to green and the subtleties and borrows of those greens , as well as the way it played in all weather conditions . |