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

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1 Levels of intermarriage , in the first place , varied considerably from republic to republic and from nationality to nationality ; and although the proportion of ethnically mixed families at the national and republican level might have been increasing , it did not necessarily follow that the incidence of intermarriage between each of the major nationalities had been increasing at a similar rate .
2 In earlier times the quality of the information provided by a register varies from place to place and from incumbent to incumbent .
3 Pages are written closely and amorphously from side to side and from top to bottom .
4 The history consisted of genealogies ( which were different in their emphases and resonances from place to place and from person to person ) and of anecdotes , poems , stories , all of which were similarly variable .
5 While pressure-group influence varies over time and from issue to issue , such groupings must now be seen as an integral part of local public administration .
6 Perhaps local politics needs to be seen as a series of shifting alliances , varying over time and from issue to issue .
7 What is appropriate will , naturally , vary from job to job and from country to country .
8 Relationships vary over time , from authority to authority and from service to service .
9 It was set a great deal more by the massive alteration in the balance of the Catholic community — the decline of France , Italy and Spain , the rise of Brazil , the United States , the Philippines , even Zaire , the revival of Catholic Eastern Europe , the larger shift from both west to east ( especially in Europe ) and from north to south .
10 The wind seemed to drive all ways at once , so that whichever way they turned , as they struggled to and fro across the yard , and from building to building , the snow was always directly into their faces .
11 These will differ from generation to generation and from temperament to temperament , but it is wise to know the types of doubt to which we are most prone .
12 Language , you see , is always changing and from acupressure to zouk , this book 's all you need to keep your '90s lingo up to date .
13 Flight fast , flocks performing aerial evolutions recalling golden plover , and undertaking long , often noisy daily journeys — up to 40 miles and back — to and from water to drink either at dawn or dusk .
14 In less extreme circumstances others were expressing concern that the holding of information and its transmission from teacher to teacher and from school to school might unfairly label and prejudice a child .
15 In practice , the extent of change engendered by the staffing delegation component of LMS will vary from LEA to LEA and from school to school and in nothing more so than in appointments .
16 Doubts are like sicknesses in that the prevalent types vary from country to country and from culture to culture .
17 Every from country to country and from culture to culture .
18 One can recognise easily why so many later European commentators extolled classical Greece as the model for their contemporaries since the material conditions of these changes from rural to urban , from aristocracy to bourgeoisie , and from oligarchy to proto-democracy similarly characterised their own social situation .
19 While the way in which sexual relations are conducted obviously varies considerably from individual to individual and from zone to zone , generally speaking , there is an attempt to maintain a fairly strict control in the military camps , although this does not apply for the civilian population , nor should it be regarded as an indication of future attitudes .
20 Fees vary from degree to degree and from subject to subject .
21 She was enclosed in grey , all round and from floor to ceiling .
22 Elsewhere , from Lewis to Barra and from Unst to Strathspey , from Nairn to Kyle , the wishing continues apace .
23 The physiotherapist must be able to assess the patient 's needs , both overall and from session to session , in order to define an effective rehabilitation programme and to set him realistic goals .
24 The time it takes should vary from child to child , and from expression to expression .
25 Sublimation is the change from solid to gas on heating and from gas to solid on cooling without passing through the liquid phase .
26 How far does the sphere of influence spread from north to south and from west to east ?
27 The non-dipole terms give a site dependence to the VGP paths ; they tend to move from east to west if the site is northeast or southwest of the point 0°N ; 90°E and from west to east if the site is northwest or southeast of it .
28 The eroded material is usually moved away by the action of longshore drift ( see below ) , which , in England , moves material mainly from north to south on the east coast and from west to east on the south coast .
29 Priority for training : when an investor opens a franchise , he is given the opportunity to acquire specialist skills through a training course covering all aspects of the business from personnel management to administration and from procurement to marketing .
30 Further , such proceedings would clash with the orthodox line of responsibility from civil servants to ministers and from ministers to Parliament .
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