Example sentences of "from [adj] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman Ken Bates acted after a run of 12 matches without a win that has seen the club eliminated from both major cup competitions and slump from title-chasing territory to mid-table . |
| 2 | Attitudes to homosexuality and lesbianism in our society range from complete rejection to acceptance of it as a valid alternative to a heterosexual preference . |
| 3 | Rounded values for lifetime risk from prolonged exposure to radon , and its daughters , in the home are given in Table 2 . |
| 4 | As Figure 4.1 indicates , early retirement was the major route out of the labour market , from economic activity to inactivity . |
| 5 | Then why not listen to DC Talk ( the ‘ DC ’ stands for ‘ decent Christian ’ ) rapping about everything from divine providence to abortion ( ‘ Yo , children can live without it ’ ) . |
| 6 | The General Accident will insure you for all sums which you become legally liable to pay for loss of metered water resulting directly from accidental damage to water pipes and apparatus providing service to the buildings described in the schedule . |
| 7 | 4* and 5* policies cover all sums for which the policyholder becomes legally liable to pay for loss of metered water resulting directly from accidental damage to water pipes and apparatus providing service to the buildings described in the schedule . |
| 8 | The ascent of the Labour Party in West Ham during the early interwar years can be thought coterminous with its emergence from political obscurity to power in the metropolis as a whole , but there are considerable theoretical and empirical problems in the equation that challenge any such identification . |
| 9 | Finally , on 17th August 1801 , Commander Dundas was appointed acting captain of the newly commissioned San Antonio , having completed the transition from junior lieutenant to post-captain in just over one year . |
| 10 | From junior reporter to celebrity |
| 11 | In its view this change would shift priorities from local to national interest and from regional economics to conservation . |
| 12 | Suppose , however , that we resisted Wittgenstein 's attempt to push us from weak-kneed scepticism to solipsism ; we find the relevant argument ( see 5.4 ) unconvincing , perhaps . |
| 13 | None the less , observers of animal behaviour know that altruistic acts with differing degrees of self-sacrifice are of common occurrence , ranging from parental care to group defence and rescue behaviour to complex forms of co-operation . |
| 14 | It shows a man in a suit and waistcoat from lower lapel to mid-thigh , a tuck of shirt emerging from his fly and casually nearby , his large ( black ) penis in repose . |
| 15 | Even during the quiet moments you can not fail to be amused by the range of items on offer from edible underwear to garlic chewing gum . |
| 16 | We 're marking the release on video this week of the Dustin Hoffman movie Accidental Hero , which tells the story of a small-time petty thief 's rise from sleazy obscurity to fortitude and heroic deeds . |
| 17 | The analytical investigation of materials has also helped evaluate the development of industrial organisation and technological capabilities — from unalloyed copper to copper alloyed with arsenic or tin ( bronze ) for example , which represented a major technological breakthrough . |
| 18 | In this connexion it is worth remembering that it takes a little longer to change where cymbals are concerned ( owing to the way in which they are held ) but from bass drum to side-drum , triangle , or tambourine , or from any of these to any other , is a matter of seconds . |
| 19 | That is an extreme case but a marketing man may subtly resist the plan to move from premium pricing to commodity pricing , or he may sabotage the plan to squeeze more profit out of old products rather than spend money on new ones . |
| 20 | There is a wish to see a move from residential care to home care and , and home help and community based care , but to see that it 's done in an orderly fashion which does n't destabilize the market that 's out there , and does n't put at risk the care of elderly people who are already using those existing homes . |
| 21 | Whilst we 're able to implement quite a considerable proportion of the er , objectives without any financial commitment , this particular er , issue does erm , provide us with a considerable test , and members need to know that in order to achieve the move from residential care to community care , we would have to have some ring-fence monies to be able , to enable that shift to , to take place , before the erm , the budget could be reduced on the residential side . |
| 22 | Choi Ho Joong , who was moved from Foreign Minister to Unification Minister in charge of that dialogue , had been one of the architects of South Korea 's recent successes in establishing ties with many of the former communist allies of North Korea . |
| 23 | Over ninety dealers will exhibit a broad range of objects from English furniture to silver , porcelain , clocks and paintings . |
| 24 | Future studies could show that genetic changes in gene families could have effects on any aspect of phenotype , from sexual behaviour to morphology , and might also influence the behaviour of chromosomes and the expression of genes . |
| 25 | Indeed , in Slav armies , the formal ceremony during which the rifle was presented to the soldier marked his transition from raw recruit to warrior . |
| 26 | After its opening match , the courtroom theatre degenerated from high drama to farce |
| 27 | After its hard-fought opening match , the SFO never managed to complete another trial as the courtroom theatre degenerated from high drama to farce . |
| 28 | From high noon to sundown |
| 29 | Brendan Daly moved from Defence to Social Welfare , Michael Woods from Social Welfare to Agriculture and Food , Michael O'Kennedy from Agriculture and Food to Labour , and Bertie Ahern from Labour to Finance in place of Reynolds . |
| 30 | This would lead to the transfer of children 's day centres from social work to education and their possible future demise . |