Example sentences of "[to-vb] everything from [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to sell everything from bolts of brightly coloured , imported cloth for making sarongs or Mother Hubbards — the island dress that hangs in a straight line from shoulder to ankle — to penknives and a large assortment of tools ranging from chisels to axes , from fishing lines and hooks to pots and pans . |
| 2 | His plan for Bearwood ( Fig. 21 ) , executed in 1865–74 for John Walter , chief proprietor of The Times , and included in The Gentleman 's House , is an expression of what Mark Girouard describes as the Victorian ‘ genius for analysis and definition ’ , a genius which led them to classify everything from insects through households to societies . |
| 3 | And although such particulars are understandably meaningless to people digging out from billions of flakes , they are becoming crucial to scientists who are trying to predict everything from avalanches to metal failures . |
| 4 | Already , China is breeding its own Hong Kong-style businessmen — financiers who welcome foreign investors into joint enterprises to build everything from factories to golf courses , former peasants making fortunes from rural industries , former factory workers opening photographic shops and beauty salons . |
| 5 | Jones makes the important point that sex is used to advertise everything from cars to chocolates ; ‘ but when it comes to condoms it 's all flowers and sunsets ’ . |