Example sentences of "[vb pp] from place to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Crimes ’ varied from place to place and from time-period to time-period ; they reflected the interests , moral concerns and ideological positions of those who were in the power positions that defined and enforced them . |
| 2 | And where they were employed , their duties varied from place to place — some fulfilled judicial as well as financial functions , others might even have a military role . |
| 3 | Opportunities for wives and children to contribute to the household income varied from place to place , though they were everywhere low paid . |
| 4 | The size of a çift varied from place to place , according to the fertility of the soil , and ranged between four and thirty-five acres . |
| 5 | 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 " . |
| 6 | In sum , their duties probably varied from place to place and from time to time , although there was always likely to be a strong police element , especially in those areas on or near the frontiers where military government was paramount and where the natives enjoyed only limited autonomy . |
| 7 | The lord 's power to remove the inhabitants of a village varied from place to place . |
| 8 | For a long time , the study of accents was part of the subject of dialectology , which aimed to identify all the ways in which a language differed from place to place . |
| 9 | ‘ In Xamdu did Cublai Can build a stately Palace , encompassing sixteene miles of plaine ground within a wall , wherein are fertile meddowes , pleasant springs , delightful streames , and all sorts of beasts of chase and game , and in the midst thereof a sumptuous house of pleasure , which may be moved from place to place . |
| 10 | ‘ Old people are being herded from place to place because of the whim of the county council . ’ |
| 11 | Uneven development is taken here as a key concept , both in explaining why there are local state institutions to begin with , and in understanding how local politics come to be differentiated from place to place . |
| 12 | After leaving school he had been unable to settle , had wandered from place to place and had eventually landed up in Borstal , where his crimes had given him a reputation for toughness and ruthlessness which he had felt compelled to live up to ( although at the same time hating it and himself ) . |
| 13 | Remember , all her life she had wandered from place to place , sleeping in a tent or under the stars . |