Example sentences of "[conj] from [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Against this background it is not surprising that from time to time the relationship is productive of misunderstandings , mistrust and conflict . |
| 32 | The whole area had a horribly uneasy and melancholy atmosphere and he noticed that from time to time on that bright summer 's day occasional metallic rattlings came from the depths of the quarry . |
| 33 | The idea came from old Mrs Ferrar , who proposed that from time to time the family should confer on some subject which should ‘ tend either to the information or to the excitement of the affections ’ . |
| 34 | It appears that from time to time this magazine published supplements and one such example , featuring aviation , went under the title The Bright Boys Album of Aeroplanes . |
| 35 | They lit the candles they had brought and made their way along a passage which led out of the chamber , gazing wordlessly — he could n't remember that they had spoken at all while in there — at the arched limestone walls , at the tunnels that from time to time branched from this central artery , once into a wide gallery whose egress had been blocked by a fall of stone . |
| 36 | It should be noted that from time to time subcontractors may be employed on ’ the lump ’ ( a fixed sum per day for each man employed ) . |
| 37 | And enjoys a perfect night 's sleep — deep , clear , and refreshing , like gliding down through sunlit water on a hot day ; such a perfect night 's sleep that he is entirely unconscious of how much he is enjoying it , or of its depth , clarity , and refreshingness , or its resemblance to gliding through sunlit water on a hot day ; so perfect that from time to time he half wakes , just enough to become conscious of how unconscious of everything he is . |
| 38 | As a member of the cabinet which had to cope with the Irish famine , Clanricarde pressed hard for remedial measures , pointing out that from time to time ‘ an adherence to sound principle will cause an immediate sacrifice ’ . |
| 39 | She was holding herself so stiff that from time to time she trembled . |
| 40 | Of course , I am delighted that from time to time the Garda find some of it . |
| 41 | We know that from time to time , there has been a slight delay in publishing the HMI annual report . |
| 42 | Although Charlie could always see Trentham in front of him , Tommy was so silent in his wake that from time to time he had to look back just to be certain his friend was still there . |
| 43 | How can a man who believes that from foetus to Senior Citizen Railcard his existence has been nothing but a nuisance , that in his wake he has left nothing but pain and trouble , possibly love himself ? |
| 44 | It is our experience that from appointment to completion , the sale of a company can take as long as six months or , perhaps , longer . |
| 45 | The whole point about this absurd saga , however , is not so much the wonderfully comic detail but the fact that from start to finish it takes all the predictable twists and turns of your classic affair . |
| 46 | Negative attitudes tend to spread more easily amongst individuals than from group to group because members of a group can argue more effectively amongst themselves than can an individual . |
| 47 | Levels of intermarriage , in the first place , varied considerably from republic to republic and from nationality to nationality ; and although the proportion of ethnically mixed families at the national and republican level might have been increasing , it did not necessarily follow that the incidence of intermarriage between each of the major nationalities had been increasing at a similar rate . |
| 48 | In earlier times the quality of the information provided by a register varies from place to place and from incumbent to incumbent . |
| 49 | Pages are written closely and amorphously from side to side and from top to bottom . |
| 50 | The history consisted of genealogies ( which were different in their emphases and resonances from place to place and from person to person ) and of anecdotes , poems , stories , all of which were similarly variable . |
| 51 | While pressure-group influence varies over time and from issue to issue , such groupings must now be seen as an integral part of local public administration . |
| 52 | Perhaps local politics needs to be seen as a series of shifting alliances , varying over time and from issue to issue . |
| 53 | What is appropriate will , naturally , vary from job to job and from country to country . |
| 54 | Relationships vary over time , from authority to authority and from service to service . |
| 55 | It was set a great deal more by the massive alteration in the balance of the Catholic community — the decline of France , Italy and Spain , the rise of Brazil , the United States , the Philippines , even Zaire , the revival of Catholic Eastern Europe , the larger shift from both west to east ( especially in Europe ) and from north to south . |
| 56 | The wind seemed to drive all ways at once , so that whichever way they turned , as they struggled to and fro across the yard , and from building to building , the snow was always directly into their faces . |
| 57 | These will differ from generation to generation and from temperament to temperament , but it is wise to know the types of doubt to which we are most prone . |
| 58 | Language , you see , is always changing and from acupressure to zouk , this book 's all you need to keep your '90s lingo up to date . |
| 59 | Flight fast , flocks performing aerial evolutions recalling golden plover , and undertaking long , often noisy daily journeys — up to 40 miles and back — to and from water to drink either at dawn or dusk . |
| 60 | In less extreme circumstances others were expressing concern that the holding of information and its transmission from teacher to teacher and from school to school might unfairly label and prejudice a child . |