Example sentences of "[num] [noun] from [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons of compliance it was not possible to plan for longer experiments ( our experiments lasted approximately eight hours from start to end ) . |
| 2 | By virtue of the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 the recipient of unsolicited goods is entitled in certain circumstances to treat them as unconditional gifts after six months from receipt , or 30 days from notice to the sender , so long as the sender does not in the meantime take possession of them and the recipient does not unreasonably refuse to permit him to do so . |
| 3 | Bearing in mind that it takes approximately 12 weeks from planting to flowering , it is possible to grow bulbs of many species and varieties to flower at the same time for a spectacular display , and also plant for a succession of flowers if potting up is carefully timed . |
| 4 | This momentous shift took 300 years from church to factory , say , 1360 to 1660 . |
| 5 | The archaeological evidence is necessarily very incomplete , but it suggests that the temple was at the centre of a town whose built-up area was approximately 1,200 metres from north to south and 800 metres from east to west . |
| 6 | The overall plan , extending about 140 metres from north to south and the same from east to west , is roughly square ; the outer walls have extensions and indents that imply design from the centre outwards . |
| 7 | She measured a shade under twenty-one metres from nose to tail , and a shade over half that across , from wingtip to stubby wingtip . |
| 8 | Hardly anyone ever travels the full 3,727 miles from sea to frigid sea — Halifax , Nova Scotia to Vancouver , British Columbia — except the odd , crazed British journalist . |
| 9 | This walk follows these hills for 30 miles from north to south . |
| 10 | A would-be star will be auditioned every 10 minutes from dawn to dusk on Saturday , Sunday and Monday as Adair seeks out the candidates for the new series . |
| 11 | But they went down 10 minutes from time to a disputed penalty . |
| 12 | I think that 's 26 minutes from start to finish from the bare canvas ’ , interjects Nancy . |
| 13 | A plain wooden cross , about twelve feet tall , and six feet from arm to arm . |
| 14 | Lieutenant Margraff estimated it to be 112 feet from base to crest . |
| 15 | The whole brewing process takes 10 days from start to finish . |
| 16 | The archaeological evidence is necessarily very incomplete , but it suggests that the temple was at the centre of a town whose built-up area was approximately 1,200 metres from north to south and 800 metres from east to west . |
| 17 | Data already available from a national longitudinal survey of 12,000 children from birth to 10 years will be used to test the hypothesis that having a job outside the home can reduce the risk of maternal depression — particularly in socially disadvantaged mothers . |
| 18 | Data from the Child Health and Education Study , a national longitudinal survey of 12,000 children from birth to 10 years , will be used to investigate social processes which increase or decrease the risk of different behaviour disorders at 10 years of age . |
| 19 | Then on August 8th there 's the Portsmouth Challenge — 100 miles from start to finish . |
| 20 | We were seven to eight days from Deal to Plymouth . |
| 21 | Her book features 100 authentic recipes that can be conjured up in just 35 minutes from start to finish , including antipasti and starters — try ricotta-stuffed dates for an unusual appetiser — and pasta , risotto and other typically Italian main courses . |
| 22 | Aircraft are late and the company has ’ borrowed ’ more than 600 workers from Lockheed to catch up . |
| 23 | He toured for three years from coast to coast . |
| 24 | He led the Regal 600 race from start to finish , but was quick to point out that it was a far from easy victory . |
| 25 | The external skeleton is highly versatile ; it serves the tiny water flea as well as it does the giant Japanese spider crab that measures over three metres from claw to claw . |
| 26 | Of the three routes from Picton to Shipton , the western route was preferred . |
| 27 | The diagram shows the second transfer tool taking the three stitches from right to the three empty needles at the left . |
| 28 | Foo says it was twice as big as anything else that day , which would make it sixty to seventy feet from base to crest ; some called it eighty feet . |
| 29 | The UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration , containing 36 Articles , was completed in a mere six years , the Convention on International Factoring , consisting of twelve articles , took fourteen years from start to finish . |
| 30 | The sun 's cycles of activity last about 11 years from peak to peak ; sunspot numbers are now decreasing and will continue to do so until about 1997 . |