Example sentences of "vary [adv] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This brief discussion of land tenure , occupancy and inheritance systems has illustrated the general argument that how people have collectively organized their survival and reproduction has varied very substantially over space and time .
2 The puzzle was that the times one had to wait for this to happen varied very greatly from nucleus to nucleus , despite there being only small changes in the circumstances involved .
3 Why does the measured unemployment rate vary so greatly over time ?
4 However , as they vary so greatly in cause and course there is no single strategy for prevention .
5 Are these variations personal and idiosyncratic , or does people 's experience vary more systematically in relation to their position in the social and economic structure ?
6 Although menstrual cycles vary quite considerably in length from person to person , the average length is about 28 days with the ‘ period ’ taking up the first five or six of these .
7 It has to be emphasised that the numbers of casualties often vary quite considerably from year to year as a result of weather and a number of external factors which affect the amount of travel .
8 FOR example : Do 100 house-estate infills vary that much from district TO district ?
9 The frequency with which it is enjoyed varies to some extent from person to person ; it varies still more with age and familiarisation .
10 The quality and price of private housing varies enormously both between city centres and suburbs and between different geographical areas .
11 Having collected for Wings Appeal at a number of sites ( railway stations , house-to-house , town centres , London ) over the years it is apparent that the collection rate per hour varies quite significantly from point to point .
12 For our second example we shall take a magnetic field varying sinusoidally both in space and in time :
13 It is clear that yield can vary quite considerably with coupon for the same term to maturity , and with term to maturity for different coupons .
14 It has usually occurred by the fourteenth year but the age may vary very considerably from woman to woman and with bodily circumstance .
15 Each tier is pierced by a symmetrical row of windows , the windows varying very slightly from floor to floor — double with rectangle and square , as before but with arched , decorated lintel , single with triangular lintel — and the whole is finished with a stone balustrade .
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