Example sentences of "from a [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A GROUP of British students has recently returned from a trip to South America , where they have been researching into the flora and fauna of the Colombian Amazon basin . |
| 2 | These include : mention of the proper term ; textual distance from a clue to resolution ; reader familiarity with the base domain and degree of unfamiliarity with the target domain ; and so on . |
| 3 | ( c ) Extra-statutory concession D6 This concession happily can exempt the whole gain resulting from the disposal from a charge to capital gains tax even if the conveyance or transfer to the wife takes place 36 months after the husband has left the former matrimonial home . |
| 4 | As far as capital gains tax is concerned , it is considered that the gain referrable to the wife 's share in the house will be free from a charge to capital gains tax if the house throughout the term of the settlement has been the wife 's only or main residence ( Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 , s222 ) . |
| 5 | Firstly , if the decree absolute of divorce has not been pronounced the parties are still husband and wife ( Fender v St John-Mildmay [ 1938 ] AC 1 ) ; and we have seen that transfers between them ( provided they are both domiciled in the UK ) are exempt from a charge to inheritance tax ( see Chapter 2 , p20 ) even if they are living apart . |
| 6 | Undertakings to obtain exemption from a charge to value added tax on the transaction . |
| 7 | Both her looks and personality came from a ride to stardom that has been far from comfortable . |
| 8 | Last week we cheekily compared Melvyn Bragg 's love scenes from A Time To Dance with those of Jackie Collins , Harold Robbins et al . |
| 9 | Returning from a visit to East Africa in the first week of February , Chalker announced that the UK would send a further 20,000 tonnes of food , worth £4,000,000 ( US$7,800,000 ) , in response to an appeal from the UN World Food Programme . |
| 10 | Taken from a letter to Office Cleaning branch manager in Leeds , Chris McKay , from a bank manager . |
| 11 | I have perfume , Panadols , heaps of tissues — mostly used — and everything from an umbrella to lipstick , diaries , clips and pens . |
| 12 | While the politicians and administrators who framed the Act would not have wished to have espoused the notion of the ‘ undeserving poor ’ they felt unwilling to risk the public criticism that would have resulted from an approach to poverty that involved ignoring the potential waste on the ‘ work-shy ’ and the fraudulent application in order adequately to meet the needs of the majority of applicants . |
| 13 | Mahmud Pasa confesses that such is the case , explaining that Abdulkerim saved him from an addiction to wine which , he implies , would have seriously impaired his chances not only for a successful career but for salvation as well . |
| 14 | The Queen congratulated the city in a letter from an aide to Lord Mayor Mike Black last week . |