Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] from one [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Amphetamine produces its effects by causing certain neurons to release more of the neurotransmitter , dopamine — one of the many chemicals used in the brain to transmit signals from one cell to another — suggesting that schizophrenics either produced too much , or were too sensitive to the actions of the transmitter .
2 The fact that it is impossible to borrow words from one language to another with exactly the same form and meaning means all such systems are a compromise .
3 But Kalkadoon also has one remarkable feature not well developed in European languages and that is the ability to shuffle words from one case to another to indicate various subtle semantic differences .
4 A summary synthesis of radical views on ‘ what went wrong ’ in 1917 is bound to provoke dissent from one faction or another at every turn .
5 ( 5 ) Very recently it has been shown that transplants of the SCN can be used to pass rhythmicity from one animal to another .
6 It is difficult to measure colonic function simultaneously in its various parts and it is erroneous to extrapolate findings from one part to another .
7 Directors , the people in charge of actually shooting the film , prefer to receive instructions from one person , the producer .
8 Central finance department may be reluctant to concede power to the periphery by , for example , allowing cost centres to vire money from one budget heading to another .
9 OPCS hold the data on their own mainframe and try to trace individuals from one Census to the next .
10 Analysys suggests that , in particular , users can put pressure on prices by resisting attempts by service providers to impose confidentiality on prices , and by being prepared to use information from one service provider to get a better deal from another .
11 I am told by some Kenyan cynics I fell in with that the commission was appointed largely to satisfy demands from one aid donor ( was it the World Bank ? ) .
12 It can also be used to send messages from one LIFESPAN user to another .
13 It can also be used to send messages from one LIFESPAN user to another .
14 Government money has been used to make a super-grid of power cables to switch electricity from one town to another and form one part of Britain to another .
15 ‘ Well , Miss Danziger , you must allow it is rather unusual for guests to keep engagements from one year to the next , as you do .
16 But the original intention was not to shift people from one setting to another on the cheap ; the emphasis was on quality .
17 Certain sexual activities or drug-using activities that are able to transmit HIV from one person to another are called ‘ high risk activities ’ .
18 The power of the minister arises under the National Health Service Act 1977 if he considers that by reason of an emergency it is necessary for a specified period to transfer functions from one body to another .
19 The physical link between the two sides of the brain , known as the corpus callosum , has the ability to transfer information from one side to the other , so that the two aspects of mental function should not operate in isolation , but potentially have the capacity for interaction and interplay .
20 The advantage of CISCs over RISCs , however , is the ability to transfer software from one machine to a more complex , faster model as most manufacturers provide customers with object code and not the source code .
21 Some contracts of employment contain an express term giving employers the right to transfer employees from one site to another .
22 I mean , er FIMBRA can do its regulatory bit , the same as the police can regulate or the , or the government can regulate , but only within certain er parameters , and if somebody really wants to cheat , then they will cheat anyway and er we 've go we 're in a very sophisticated position where the directors of B C C I were able to move money from one continent to another and it meant er it looked as if you 'd actually got money in three separate areas , but in fact there was only one lot and it was being moved rapidly .
23 Third , we require an instruction to move data from one accumulator to another , perhaps performing subsidiary operations on the data ( such as negation ) during the move .
24 There is also a danger that the reforms will enshrine the division between primary , secondary , and tertiary care and make it difficult to coordinate their activities and to move funds from one sector to another .
25 Their hands were empty , and Alexei wondered how many people it took to move Artai from one room of the palace to another .
26 The suggestion is that the spiral possesses the capacity to move energy from one level to another or from one vibration to another — to act as a channel or interface .
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