Example sentences of "ranging from [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have done so as part of a widely comprehensive output , ranging from chamber music to symphonies and opera . |
| 2 | Eight prisoners serving sentences for offences ranging from drug trafficking to armed robbery are taking part in a conference on violence in society . |
| 3 | Vitamins and minerals often work together in this respect , and some are necessary for normal energy production , the use of protein in growth and tissue repair , and in many other functions , ranging from hormone production to effects on skin quality . |
| 4 | The club has spent £3,500 on the latest physiotherapy equipment ranging from ultra-sound technology to a Furudism machine , which electronically stimulates muscle tissue . |
| 5 | There are also a wide variety of more drastic therapies ranging from laser beam therapy to selective lipectomy which is the insertion of a hypotonic solution into the problem areas and suction of lipolysed fat . |
| 6 | In our competition , sponsored by independent accountants Scott-Moncrieff Thomson & Shiells , readers had to make their own judgment on 12 elements of the Budget , ranging from income tax thresholds to VAT , excise duties and public borrowing . |
| 7 | Chinese authorities have executed a bank accountant who embezzled more than $175,000 in the country 's first such case of computer fraud , the Xinhua Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday : Shi Biao , who worked for the Jilin branch of the state-run Agricultural Bank of China , was found to have siphoned funds to private accounts from August to November 1991 , and he and accomplice Yu Lixin were arrested as they were preparing to leave China through the southern economic zone of Shenzhen , bordering Hong Kong ; it was the first case of bank embezzlement via computer in China ; China imposes the death penalty for a variety of offences , ranging from bicycle theft to panda poaching . |
| 8 | Some excellent plans are already in hand ranging from video coffee mornings during half term week to a whole day of movement aiming to raise £200 in one go . |
| 9 | Entertainment and the arts are beginning the transition , not only with digital storage and transmission media ( compact disks , high-definition television ) , but also with the creation of purely computational art , ranging from computer music to the popular ‘ morphing ’ of film images . |
| 10 | According to Rosenthal , more than 100,000 tonnes of waste , ranging from household rubbish to industrial waste , have been dumped illegally in eastern Germany in 1991 . |
| 11 | TIP has branched out into eight related areas ranging from tanker rental to truck leasing . |
| 12 | The Westlakes Research Institute , to be located at the Westlakes Science and Technology Park , Whitehaven , will pursue a number of core activities including epidemiology , bio-safety , molecular biology and environmental issues ranging from pollution prevention to waste disposal . |
| 13 | WUS also supports more than thirty educational projects inside South Africa , ranging from literacy work to specialized research projects . |
| 14 | The hotline scheme coincides with a new £1.2m exhibition gallery at the museum , ‘ Food for Thought ’ which is intended to entertain and to instruct visitors about the past present and future of food , food industries , eating out , and food fashion — ranging from Lyons corner houses and Palm Court tea rooms in the 1920s and 1930s to the coffee bars of the Fifties and McDonalds fast-food outlets of the 1980s . |
| 15 | The pay of other National Museums and Galleries staff — the so-called Curatorial Grades D , E , F and G comprising posts ranging from Museum Assistant ( G ) to Senior Research Assistant ( D ) — is also determined by the Treasury in consultation with the various Civil Service Unions . |
| 16 | Through a sophisticated structural analysis of features ranging from window position to door latch , Glassie-reconstructs a major change taking place around the late 1870s ( 1975 : 182 , 185 ) , in which chimneys and central halls became incorporated into the main building , and a new concern with symmetry appears , along with a homogenization of the exterior around a more conspicuously ordered façade . |
| 17 | This is another skill which is used in a variety of jobs and careers , ranging from broadcasting production research assistant to quantity surveyor . |
| 18 | The ‘ island site ’ , located within the manufacturing area of Shires sanitaryware ( formerly a Johnson Brothers unit ) , processes some 600 tins of raw materials a week and delivers hundreds of tins of essential ingredients , ranging from ground flint to felspar , earthenware slip to sanitaryware body , to several factors — Eagle , Mason 's , Barlaston , Johnson Brothers and the adjacent Shires . |
| 19 | In the longer term , all contributions to our understanding of human language ( in particular , how it differs from artificial languages ) are important for developments in numerous areas , ranging from speech therapy to natural language processing . |
| 20 | All aspects of this alternative are being examined , ranging from training content and method for workers , relationships between professionals and communities , the process of identifying health needs and of managing and evaluating programmes and organizational forms and processes . |
| 21 | The stolen goods , ranging from sit-on lawn mowers to electric drills , are likely to have been stolen to order by thieves who found easy pickings from garages , garden sheds and DIY stores . |
| 22 | Overall , 600 events will take place ranging from Flamenco dancing , Welsh harpers , a play on the medieval wool trade and Mozart 's ‘ Die Entführung aus dem Serail ’ . |
| 23 | The programme will take the form of a joint venture between the state-owned forestry company , Inhutani II , and PT Astra , Indonesia 's second largest private company , which has interests ranging from car assembly to plantations and agriculture . |
| 24 | The sale of Provendor , which is Volvo 's third most profitable division , making products ranging from mineral water to frozen snacks , will come as a surprise to the market when trading opens today . |
| 25 | The Countryside Commission is urging the government to introduce legislation to ease the strain on Britain 's ten national parks , under pressure from the growing numbers of visitors and the tourist industry 's interest in development , as well as demands ranging from mineral extraction to military training . |
| 26 | Vital Signs monitors 30 indicators " ranging from energy efficiency and atmospheric temperature to wind-power capacity and bicycle sales " to give the same kind of picture of the global environment that indices such as trade , production and GDP do for its economy . |
| 27 | The second part of this book deals with the analysis and valuation of securities , ranging from cash market securities such as CDs , bills , bonds , shares and foreign currency , through derivative securities such as futures and options , to synthetic securities such as swaps . |
| 28 | Using data collected over a 2-year period from plots under a variety of management techniques , ranging from maize cultivation to a range of pasture grasses , they report that soil erosion and nutrient losses were greatest from maize ( Zea mays ) and guinea grass ( Panicum maximum Jacq. ) plots . |
| 29 | The manufacturers would like to channel any new government money through their existing collaborative research clearing house , the US Council for Automotive Research ( USCAR ) , which coordinates joint research in ten areas , ranging from battery technology to passenger safety . |
| 30 | Many were in mint condition and judging by the list sent in , a pretty comprehensive collection it is too , ranging from World War Two aircraft of the fighting powers to post-war helicopters and such giants as Convair 's B–36 . |