Example sentences of "pass [adv] from [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | Another is that as gooseberry growing is one of those traditions which are passed down from generation to generation , and fathers were still able to pass their bushes on to their sons . |
| 32 | These massive constructions of bamboo and paper , often passed down from year to year and re-covered for the next May festival by a new team , were far beyond the capacity of any individual flyer . |
| 33 | In fact , the problem seems to be determined genetically , which means that the tendency to hyperkinesis is passed down from parent to child . |
| 34 | These genes are duplicated along with the chromosomes at each cell division and can be passed down from parents to their offspring . |
| 35 | This means that harem females are being passed down from father to son in a patrilineal fashion . |
| 36 | Swords are often passed down from father to son , and may be extremely ancient family heirlooms that have drawn blood in thousands of battles . |
| 37 | They were easily built and repaired using tools and skills often passed down from father to son . |
| 38 | The laws of mikva have been passed down from mother to daughter in a continuous chain from biblical times . |
| 39 | The report on the experience of the Birmingham Money Advice Centre ( Appendix III ) describes how the weekly credit caller can become deeply ingrained in a poorer family 's circumstances , perhaps even being passed down from mother to daughter . |
| 40 | As her bobbin shot back and forward between the wools , she sang the old Gaelic songs that had been passed down from mother to daughter for centuries . |
| 41 | In galleries across the city , needles were passed indiscriminately from arm to arm , and along with each hit went the deadly virus . |
| 42 | Yet authority is passed down or delegated through the formal organisation ; it is not passed up from supervisors to senior managers . |