Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] ranging from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So there is some $24 billion available for intelligence operations which cover a vast spectrum of activities ranging from the covert and illegal to the overt and legal . |
| 2 | Over 12 acres of Gardens ranging from the formal circular Rose Garden on the site of the Old Keep to the Wild Garden in the ravine . |
| 3 | The ‘ moderates ’ are a small minority , while into the category of ‘ extremists ’ falls that whole band of opinion ranging from the tougher section of the Labour Party , through the Likud , to the outright fanatics , nationalist and religious , of the far right . |
| 4 | There are a variety of sources ranging from the Urban programme of the Department of the Environment to charities but there has been much uncertainty about funding , the Legal Aid Annual Reports regularly referring to the financial problems of particular centres . |
| 5 | Mike Cairns , director of the charity , said that elderly dementia sufferers were subject to a variety of methods of restraint ranging from the crude tying-down and locking up of the elderly to the more subtle use of drugs . |
| 6 | However , it should also be pointed out that the ‘ boss ’ view of headship manifested itself in a continuum of behaviour ranging from the clubbable to the autocratic or even tyrannical , with various shades of paternalism/maternalism in between . |
| 7 | On offer are paintings , drawings and works of art ranging from the seventeenth to the 20th centuries . |
| 8 | In his summing-up , Mr Justice Caulfield could not have evinced a more robust hostility to the Official Secrets Act , sharing a widely held belief that it was long out of date and an intolerable interference with freedom of speech , and that it provided a justification for prosecutions ranging from the serious to the grotesquely ridiculous . |
| 9 | I accompanied her during house visits , at day and night , during surgery , and various other sessions with ages ranging from the newborn right through to the elderly and retired . |
| 10 | ‘ Western Decorative Art 1850 Towards 2000 ’ offers a delicious feast for eyes with objects ranging from the mass-produced to the select few . |
| 11 | Since then it has widened its scope considerably , with packages ranging from the traditional fortnight at an English seaside resort to treks through the Himalayas and month-long tours in South America . |
| 12 | Guests can choose from three excellent restaurants with menus ranging from the traditional to the exotic . |
| 13 | Originally comprised of five people with backgrounds ranging from the visual arts to music , dance , drama and writing , the group made exciting forays into cross-art forms . |
| 14 | George Bernard Shaw 's gentle comedy , written in 1933 , is a tender and touching tale of the battle between the sexes — with locations ranging from the sun-drenched deck of the pleasure ship Empress of Patagonia to a village shop on the Downs ! |
| 15 | They vary considerably in size ranging from the magnificent Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal ( over 300 metres long and 36 metres above ground level ) to the much smaller Engine Arm Aqueduct on the Birmingham Canal Navigations at Smethwick . |
| 16 | To audiences ranging from the Royal Family to working men , the message of science was put across by earnest evangelists and ardent publicists . |
| 17 | Choreographers today choose to interpret a vast range of subjects through what can be termed the purely physical movements of the body , sometimes coloured by moods ranging from the tragic to the comic and even the ridiculous . |