Example sentences of "[noun sg] vary [adv] from [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 The September-October northern limit of pack ice varies considerably from year to year .
2 Accordingly , assessment of results must rely largely on subjective reports ; and the subjective experience of backpain varies greatly from person to person , and is much influenced by mental states ( and hence placebo effects ) .
3 Very small schools ( 50 children or less ) accounted , in 1987–8 , for around 10% of primary schools in the United Kingdom , but the proportion varied greatly from region to region .
4 In addition , the rate of the tax varies widely from state to state — the standard rate in Ireland is 23 per cent whilst in Spain it is only 12 per cent .
5 The precise relationships between the ESSE/L Project and other developments taking place varied considerably from school to school , and this will be demonstrated in the discussion of Major and Minor Projects in Chapters 5 and 6 below .
6 In the first place , we should not paint too pessimistic a view of what was happening to the landed classes , since the experiences of this group varied considerably from region to region .
7 There are great difficulties in assessing health effects , however , since exposure varies greatly from house to house within small neighbourhoods .
8 The proportions of different chemicals of sea and fresh water vary slightly from area to area .
9 Did wages before industrialization vary much from year to year , or was an unvarying ‘ customary ’ wage more usual ?
10 Plasma concentrations after oral dosage vary widely from individual to individual , and after a single 16 mg dose , recovery in the stool varies from 14 to 49% in volunteers ( Glaxo Group Research Ltd , unpublished data ) .
11 The place of computers in improving office efficiency varies widely from bureau to bureau .
12 As might be expected , comment varied widely from workshop to workshop and ranged across issues such as the exact interpretation of the wording of tasks , time allocated to tasks , value of tasks , applicability of generic examples to participants ' own specialities and many others .
13 Decisions about the nature of planning will of course vary greatly from school to school , but it 's important for the head to remember that we accomplish most when the staff and children are working together .
14 A child 's access to schooling varies greatly from place to place .
15 Sometimes I wonder if I sleep too much , but my friend Cully Chatterton tells me that the need for sleep varies considerably from person to person and one must follow one 's inclination . ’
16 The situation varied greatly from manor to manor and region to region .
17 In an expanding universe in which the density of matter varied slightly from place to place , gravity would have caused the denser regions to slow down their expansion and start contracting .
18 The reported figures for failure of sclerotherapy vary widely from 5% to 60% , but this variation can be partly explained by the lack of a universal definition of ‘ failure of treatment ’ .
19 policies on redundancy vary sharply from diocese to diocese .
20 But confusion can arise due to the difference in sizes between packages or glasses , and the definition of a unit varies widely from country to country .
21 However , the economic benefit gained from such treatment varies considerably from farm to farm and also apparently from country to country and there are as yet insufficient grounds for advocating routine treatment of herds at calving .
22 Over the period of a man 's life , small changes are in fact detectable — the magnetic poles wander very slowly around the geographic poles , so the direction of ‘ magnetic ’ north varies slightly from year to year .
23 The level of staff involvement varied greatly from school to school .
24 The details of its internal structure varied somewhat from time to time , but the main lines remained fairly stable .
25 There is no doubt that Shetlanders ' images of social class vary extensively from individual to individual ( typically in relation to the ‘ things ’ which are thought to ‘ give ’ people their class , and the elements which are thought to be consequence of class membership ) .
26 The backspace time varies slightly from machine to machine , but you can measure it exactly by test-copying a shot and comparing its length with that of the original — the difference between the two is the backspace .
27 Its relationship with justice varies considerably from State to State , depending on the degree of coercion necessary .
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