Example sentences of "from [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July 1940 Bletchley had intercepted a message from Goering to the chiefs of staff of the Luftwaffe in which was made clear Hitler 's intention to prepare for the invasion of Britain — ‘ Operation Sea Lion ’ , as it was code-named . |
| 2 | It predisposes us to think of coming to know , not simply as active in itself , but as inseparable from reacting to the object and acting in reply . |
| 3 | I 'd only just come in from seeing to a sick sow — I 'm a pig farmer ; Mrs Langton here at Broom House knows me well . ’ |
| 4 | Firstly they prevent the bacteria that cause urine infections from sticking to the skin cells in the bladder and urethra . |
| 5 | No extra fat should be required to stop the steaks from sticking to the pan . |
| 6 | A MARK Hateley goal five minutes from time prevented champions Rangers from crashing to a second successive embarrassing league defeat . |
| 7 | A MARK Hateley goal five minutes from time prevented champions Rangers from crashing to a second successive embarrassing league defeat . |
| 8 | Strangely , he felt more pain from crashing to the floor than from the shot . |
| 9 | We have a shield under the which prevents the prosecution in a normal case from bringing to the attention of the court the fact that we have previous convictions . |
| 10 | Scarborough was stopped from relocating to an out-of town site and selling its current McCain Stadium on planning grounds . |
| 11 | ‘ But note that this is quite different from attributing to the Church in its established structures the dignity of being the Kingdom of Christ . |
| 12 | Where 's Snoopy getting the money from to go to the Tiger 's Head tonight ? |
| 13 | In fact , they are so contaminated with PCBs alone that , under Canadian law , their corpses must be treated as toxic waste to keep the poisonous chemical from returning to the environment . |
| 14 | Andy the gardener was standing around on the lower terrace looking at some white geraniums he had set out in an urn by the pool house , and although she shrank from returning to the scene of yesterday 's shame , she decided to go and rap with him . |
| 15 | While many British evacuees drifted back to the cities once the threat of an invasion had been lifted , refugee children were actively discouraged from returning to the urban life . |
| 16 | An argument for clemency toward him could be grounded in the belief that it would be a tactical error to declare Copernican doctrines heretical , because that might discourage Protestants from returning to the Roman fold . |
| 17 | These repairs were all done on the progressive system , one man and an apprentice seeing the job through , from stripping to the completed repair . |
| 18 | ( 7 ) Sections 89(1) and 90(1) to ( 6 ) ( inclusive ) of the Act shall be excluded from applying to the Company . |
| 19 | ( 7 ) Sections 89(1) and 90(1) to ( 6 ) ( inclusive ) of the Act shall be excluded from applying to the Company . |
| 20 | In the normal course of events , the exercise by the tenant of a break-clause will prevent him from applying to the court for the grant of a new tenancy ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s26(4) ; s69(1) defining " notice to quit " : s24(2) ) . |
| 21 | Nonetheless , Zuwaya were not immune , in their nostalgia for those not wholly imaginary days , from leaping to the assumption that , because there was no sovereign power , no person was subject to authority . |
| 22 | Summing up , we are concerned that the recession continued to prevent us from contributing to the funds of the RIBA at the same levels as in 1989 and 1990 and are far from complacent about this situation . |
| 23 | The direct effect discouraging people from driving to the beach may be counteracted if the cost of producing garden swimming pools is increased ; the direct effect on the cost of oil-fired central heating may be substantially offset if electricity prices rise . |
| 24 | On another occasion , he dissuaded from listening to a hare-brained proposal for a military take-over of the government . |
| 25 | Comes from listening to a lot of Country and Western music . ’ |
| 26 | The retreat consisted , and still does , of anything from five to thirty days of spiritual exercises , usually in an atmosphere of silence and contemplation apart from listening to the preacher when there is one , but with additional features of both vocal and silent prayer . |
| 27 | They were deluged with what the French call le corbeau , poison-pen letters accusing neighbours , business competitors and colleagues of everything from listening to the BBC to being an active resistant ( of whom there were , in fact , very few indeed until the eve of the Liberation ) . |
| 28 | The student can , however , learn much from listening to the exchange of views , and can contribute by reporting her own observation of the patient . |
| 29 | We knew from listening to the Allied radio that groups of partigiani , partisans , had secretly started to organize them selves , and young men of military age were advised to go into hiding to avoid being sent to Germany or conscripted . |
| 30 | In addition , students should gain insights from peer criticism as well as from listening to the ideas of others at a similar stage of research . |