Example sentences of "[noun] from [noun sg] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 6 Move your glance from group to individuals . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She stretched her legs from thigh to toes — and let go . |
| 4 | Unusually , the switch from standard to sports transmission modes is achieved via a button on the lever itself . |
| 5 | A certificate course , whether postgraduate or not , may also be linked to the diploma and masters ' courses , providing a progressive programme of study from certificate to masters ' level . |
| 6 | Three were dragged back on to the train and taken by the scruff of the neck from station to police car . |
| 7 | Three were dragged back on to the train and taken by the scruff of the neck from station to police car . |
| 8 | ‘ Training on various aspects from induction to personnel training ’ … |
| 9 | There has certainly been a shift in the sectoral pattern of employment , but has there been a parallel shift in labour from manufacturing to services ? |
| 10 | Andrewes was chairman of the committee which was responsible for the books from Genesis to Kings . |
| 11 | We assume price is reduced from p , top as a result of a cost reduction from unc Consumers have gained consumer surplus through this price reduction , part of which ( FEJN ) is a transfer from firm to consumers , the other part being the area labelled FNK . |
| 12 | In an interview with the Mail on Sunday , the Prime Minister emphasised that it was the victims of crime and not the perpetrators who should be shown the greatest sympathy , with a less conciliatory attitude from society to offenders . |
| 13 | Never file nails from centre to sides — always file in one direction only , from side to centre . |
| 14 | Again he ran his gaze down his reflection from shoulder to loins . |
| 15 | In fact , Figure 3.1 tells us very little about what kind of changes are involved in the shift from manufacturing to services or the type of economy that may be emerging . |
| 16 | The media , of course , have an insatiable appetite for news of any kind and a major aircraft accident is as a gift from heaven to reporters . |
| 17 | At the end of November 1973 , over 16,000 were outstanding , and the average period from receipt to decisions ranged up to sixty-five weeks ( for cases decided by the secretary of state after a local inquiry ) . |
| 18 | A current travelling retrospective which opened in her home town gallery and was organised by the gallery 's chief curator , Michael Aupling , includes 80 works on paper and canvas , documenting the artist 's process from sketch to oils over the past 18 years ( 1974–1992 ) . |
| 19 | Then proceed to sweep over the entire body from head to toes . |
| 20 | A sudden chill rippled the length of her body from head to toes . |
| 21 | I welcome the Bill , even though on the surface it hands considerable powers from Parliament to Ministers . |
| 22 | Net operating profits before abnormal items have more than doubled to A$216.1m ( £98m ) and gains have been notched up by virtually all businesses from TV to newspapers and magazines . |
| 23 | The clash they made on the stones below jarred Harry from head to heels , and for a moment shook the intensity of his concentration . |
| 24 | In the first Test , Robin Smith looked like an elephant learning to knit , but in the second the message transmission service from head to feet was reconnected . |
| 25 | Venues for the 1991 events cover a whole range of waters from canal to rivers to lakes and results year after year confirm the Irish fish hhave no respect for big reputations . |
| 26 | They also really used me over the T-shirts which got them busted — and persuaded them to change the shop name from Sex to Seditionaries . |
| 27 | Happily Mr White soon abandons this sort of yuk and reveals much that is interesting in Hawking 's life at Cambridge and later abroad ; his progress from stick to crutches to wheelchair to electric car , from whispered speech to tracheotomy to a computerised voice machine ; the problems of finding suitable accommodation , exacerbated by an unhelpful bursar ; the birth of his three children ; difficulties with his wife Jane , to whom he owed so much , and their eventual separation ; his love of dancing and dinner parties , and always his stubborn courage in refusing to regard himself or allow others to regard him as anything but normal . |
| 28 | To this end we all need to be engaged in a programme of progressive disengagement from injury to animals . |
| 29 | Shortly afterwards a wide range of new channels offered viewers a greater choice of television programmes from sport to movies and from news to music . |
| 30 | A woman from the American record company who looks oddly like Clint from fringe to feet declares the gig to be the best she 's seen from a new visiting British band . |