Example sentences of "[adj] line from [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to sell everything from bolts of brightly coloured , imported cloth for making sarongs or Mother Hubbards — the island dress that hangs in a straight line from shoulder to ankle — to penknives and a large assortment of tools ranging from chisels to axes , from fishing lines and hooks to pots and pans . |
| 2 | The MOD became the sole user of the remaining line from Trench to Wellington once GKN Sankey had ceased using rail traffic . |
| 3 | Quality manager Francine Galivel says the objective of the visit was fully achieved because everyone — the shift operator , the operator who loads the tanker , the person who plans the haulier 's despatch notes , the chemist who checks that the product meets specifications — all came back with a better understanding of how their jobs fit into the unbroken line from supplier to end product . |
| 4 | The comment came from Dr. John Male of the National Grid Company , which wants to run a 400,000-volt overhead line from Teesside to Shipton to upgrade the existing line and link in the Enron power station being built at Wilton . |
| 5 | The National Grid Company has always maintained that the 400,000-volt overhead line from Teesside to Shipton , near York , is needed to carry power from the Enron station being built at Wilton . |
| 6 | An official objection to National Grid Company plans for a high-voltage overhead line from Teesside to Shipton , near York , has been lodged by the department . |
| 7 | The soft , cool abdomen drew one sticky line from temple to ear … |
| 8 | The Colombo-to-Kandy line was completed in 1868 , and fifty years later there was an extensive network which included a coastal line from Puttalam to Matara and which linked Colombo with Anuradhapura , Kurunagala , Matale , Badulla and Ratnapura . |
| 9 | Anyone who opens before him Carte Michelin No. 75 , can see the places named , related just as Pound says : Chalais , on the main line from paris to Bordeaux ; Aubeterre in the valley of the Dronne , twelve kilometres to the east ; then thirty kilometres north-eastward a little place called La Tour Blanche ; and perhaps fifteen kilometres further , just on the edge of the map , Vieux-Mareuil . |