Example sentences of "passed from [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A letter had arrived from Asba Tafari addressed to the head of my escort ; it had been passed from chief to chief .
2 In the Middle Ages a stream of inventions , such as gunpowder , paper , and the mariner 's compass , passed from China to Europe .
3 Four years had elapsed since that splendid wedding but somehow although she herself had passed from childhood to early womanhood , Anne had still pictured Richard as he had been then .
4 According to whale scientist Dr Roger Payne , the toxins are passed from generation to generation through the mother 's milk , with the toxin concentration increasing with each successive generation , eventually threatening the species with extinction .
5 They 're living proof that asthma can be passed from generation to generation .
6 Dr Julian Hopkin says that although the altered gene is passed from generation to generation by both sexes , the mother appears to be the final passage for the development of the illness .
7 The major burden would be the cost of dealing with unexploded shells and bombs on former military ranges , many of which had passed from Pentagon control to that of the BLM .
8 ‘ As a biologist , my main interest has for some years been human genetics , the study of the way in which various characteristics are passed from parent to offspring .
9 The hydra 's psychic spores would remain dormant in human brains for untold generations , passed from parent to child .
10 Among the habits and values passed from parent to child are political ones .
11 They mean that slum clearances still lack completion ; that low standards of living still persist , and that the lessons taught in the school and clinic , and good social habits , do not always survive the pressure of bad home circumstances when young people have passed from supervision .
12 It is a role passed from character to character , each of whom makes different use of it .
13 George 's wits began to return and he realised that he would have soon passed from sleep to death , if Elizabeth had not found him .
14 The rotating chairmanship of EFTA 's governing body , the Council , passed from Sweden ( January-June 1990 ) to Switzerland ( July-December 1990 ) , to Austria ( January-June 1991 ) and then to Finland ( from July 1991 ) .
15 James Hamilton had passed from aggressiveness to fuddled good nature , calling everyone his best friend , pressing more drinks upon them .
16 As the story was passed from lip to lip , the level of destruction became greater and greater , as did the area of the land destroyed .
17 Yu was a new recruitment campaign ; a rallying call ; a word passed from lip to ear ; a look , perhaps , between two sympathetic to the cause .
18 But long before the appearance of the ESA , European leadership in space had passed from Britain to France .
19 Indeed , they are keen to advertise the fact by stamping their personalities on their home , something which is evidenced by looking at homes in Britain which have passed from public to private ownership .
20 Perhaps people can only address the meeting when they hold a certain talisman ( which is passed from speaker to speaker ) .
21 Only the truth had passed from Timothy Gedge , the unarguable strength of it , the power and the glory of it .
22 Operation of the network is being passed from PTT Telecom to its Unisource Business Networks joint venture , which will run it from its International Network Management Centre in The Hague .
23 Nina was passed from person to person .
24 A little scared , very curious , ravenously hungry and ready to argue the toss with anyone after being passed from person to person like so many yards of parcelled muslin .
25 HIV is not easily passed from person to person .
26 Stigma is attached to AIDS because of strong social disapproval of the ‘ risk activities ’ by which HIV is passed from person to person and because of ignorance and fear .
27 Once the funeral was over and they were back in the parlour of the cosy farmhouse , the atmosphere lightened and Victoria was passed from group to group , chattering like an enchanting little doll .
28 A drink was thrust into her hand and within five minutes she was being passed from group to group as though she were the prize exhibit ; asked numerous questions she did n't know how to or have time to answer ; told endless tales of this person or that person ; until eventually , somewhat bewildered , she ended up in the bar with someone called Patrick who began regaling her with tales of old Ireland .
29 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love brother Christians ’ ( 3:13f ) .
30 Christ borne that judgement for us and we have passed from death into life life !
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