Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to [noun sg] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Labour had not fought the election solely on a negative programme of hostility to Protection but on its socialist programme ; and the electors had given even less of a mandate to socialism than to Protection . |
| 2 | For example , I have not concentrated much on the work of Steven Jones and related experiments that claim to see neutrons at levels near to background ; if real , they are of interest to science but have nothing to offer as such solutions to the world 's energy problems , at least not in the grandiose form claimed on behalf of Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 3 | This example illustrates an important consideration which is that not only does the risk of any position increase dramatically with the length of time to maturity but also that the hedge ratio is only valid for very small increments of time . |
| 4 | Language has the ability to stimulate and motivate , not only through appeals to logic but also through appeals to emotion ( Burke , 1950 ; Pfeffer , 1981 ; Edelman , 1964 ) . |
| 5 | Examination methods and timetables naturally differ from course to course but , in general , candidates are assessed both on written examinations and on course work during the year . |
| 6 | The overall shift has not been so much from agriculture to manufacturing but rather a steady rise in the service industries , and a fall in primary industries . |
| 7 | To complete unity it needs not just a flow of money from west to east but a sense of national solidarity . |
| 8 | It , it will vary very much from contract to contract but not all money is , is controllable and how much you all contribute to erm Brian B M W from your projects , I , I do n't think you have any control over do you ? |
| 9 | Well , but we , no we 're not saying that , what we 're saying is that we so all we 're trying , w w w that they were saying we ca n't go from cap er from feudalism to socialism but we do n't want to go just from feudalism to capitalism , we want to go into er if you like a capitalism with socialist characteristics . |
| 10 | The base split from side to side but fortunately the water only seeped out . |
| 11 | The oscillations are usually from side to side but can be up and down . |
| 12 | Lying back on her pillows , Elinor slowly shook her head from side to side but said nothing . |
| 13 | Mary tottered up on her perch from side to side but nothing wiped the mild , sweet benignity from her doll 's face as she dropped the dew of her mercy down from heaven on the mortal exiles below wailing and weeping in the vale of tears . |
| 14 | These will vary from Compact to Compact but you will be expected to show : a ) that your attendance and punctuality have been consistently good , b ) that you can work reliably at school , c ) that you have spent a specific amount of time on Work Experience , d ) that you have a positive sense of responsibility to your school and the wider community . |
| 15 | ‘ It is appropriate for spectators to applaud successful strokes in proportion to difficulty but excessive demonstrations by a player or his partisans are not proper because of the possible effect upon other competitors . |
| 16 | Their role has changed from turnkey to nurse but many grew up with the expectation that Rampton would be their career . |
| 17 | and I wanted to erm you know , just travel from village to village but erm it was quite amazing how God said you 're coming to Harlow . |
| 18 | It 's about a hundred miles from Vitez to Split but they have to cross and recross the front lines in a war that 's unpredictable . |
| 19 | In this example the charges are in motion and the charge density varies from point to point but the density at a given point z is not dependent on time . |
| 20 | The copper content varied from place to place but rich solid chalcopyrite was found in places , particularly where veins came together or at junctions with cross-faults to form " bunches " . |
| 21 | ’ In the case of motor vehicles those purposes include , not merely the purpose of driving it from place to place but of doing so with the appropriate degree of comfort , ease of handling and pride in the vehicle 's outward and interior appearance . |
| 22 | She was somebody who had mild short-term memory loss , which varied from day to day but she could remember anything about the past . |
| 23 | To choose between individual partnerships which feed benefit into the school and large associations which have potential value for a larger community is a matter not of managerial choice from day to day but of planning and drafting at the level of the institutional development plan . |
| 24 | The budgetary process will vary from organisation to organisation but all will share the common theme of allocating resources through a political process . |
| 25 | Do not read from beginning to end but use the books as reference texts . |
| 26 | Not only did we double-glaze and fitted-Tintawn the whole place from top to bottom but I got my Dream Kitchen ! |
| 27 | Someone had carefully searched the house from top to bottom but nothing was missing . |
| 28 | The extent to which these have been achieved varies from authority to authority but , in some , considerable progress has been made towards integration . |
| 29 | How do you ring the changes so that the mood alters , not only from month to month but from one part of the garden to another ? |
| 30 | Precise details vary from area to area but , generally , all permit industrial development . |