Example sentences of "range [prep] [adj] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Custodial sentences ranged from two months to eight years . |
| 2 | Announcement of the verdict was accompanied by shouts of " Shame ! " by Ostashvili 's supporters ( who ranged from young skinheads to elderly war veterans ) , and banners were unfurled bearing anti-Zionist slogans . |
| 3 | The time taken to pass through a junction ranged from 11 seconds to 4 minutes 31 seconds , mean 41.4 seconds . |
| 4 | Previously , on the basis of very sparse data , estimates of the sidereal axial period ranged from +15 days to +224.701 days , the upper limit equalling the sidereal orbital period . |
| 5 | In style they ranged from formal talks to intensive workshops and such innovative features as the model classroom to which course participants were invited to return with interested colleagues by appointment to discuss its features with an advisory teacher . |
| 6 | This list of companies ranged from local miners to multinational giants . |
| 7 | With the Royal Suite commanding 3400 guilders ( £1260 ) a night and rack rates across the other 79 rooms ranging between 700 guilders to 925 guilders ( £260-£342 ) , such optimism is vital . |
| 8 | Charges carrying sentences ranging from 14 years to life imprisonment were filed against the former President , Lt.-Gen. ( retd . ) |
| 9 | The Feoda contains the names of around 1,900 lords and knights , ranging from substantial aristocrats to landless warriors , grouped under the headings of the twenty-six castellanies of Champagne . |
| 10 | The Colonel Commandant of the regiment listed more than 50 errors — ranging from incorrect uniforms to the wrong ammunition . |
| 11 | Instead , priority will be given to developing and testing new products with civilian applications ranging from clean-fuel cars to fibre optics and supercomputer networks to improve communications and information access . |
| 12 | Indeed , free-electron laster ( FEL ) is a generic name for a family of devices ranging from millimetre-wave generators to potential X-ray lasers , whose only common feature is their apparent lack of a conventional laser gain medium . |
| 13 | There are various theories as to how long the inquiry will last , ranging from four months to nine months , or even longer . |
| 14 | Ten had taken an oral contraceptive ( oestrogen content unspecified ) for periods ranging from four months to 13 years . |
| 15 | Among them , the 809 tenants owe Shetland Islands Council almost £210,000 , with arrears ranging from four weeks to more than one year . |
| 16 | He had originally been accused of the offence along with five other men , who were jailed on Tuesday for terms ranging from four years to six years . |
| 17 | There were , perhaps , 30,000 guerilleros ranging from small bands to Mina 's organized group of 8,000 men who were scarcely distinguishable from regular troops . |
| 18 | Eight patients were ‘ reformed ’ drinkers having abstained from alcohol for a duration ranging from two months to several years and five of this group had biopsy proven cirrhosis . |
| 19 | Treatment had been given for periods ranging from two weeks to over 10 years . |
| 20 | Bradbury Star won over distances ranging from two miles to 25 furlongs and acts on any going . |
| 21 | Most organisms , ranging from other microbes to man , can absorb folic acid and rely on it to provide their needs , and so they are not affected by sulphonamides . |
| 22 | The area offers superb walks ranging from gentle strolls to full day hikes . |
| 23 | Walking : Both Lauterbrunnen and Murren have a wide selection of varied walks to choose from , all well signposted and ranging from gentle rambles to more strenuous hikes . |
| 24 | According to the US PC Week , the company has been outlining plans for a Workplace family of operating systems built under the Workplace Shell and a microkernel that will be scaled for machines ranging from handheld devices to multi-processer RISC machines . |
| 25 | Only more so , for the Soviet constitution itself had divided the country into theoretically ethnic territorial sub-units , ranging from autonomous areas to full federal republics . |
| 26 | Little is known of the history of the tower , which is part of a late 13th-century fortified manor house , but the remarkable paintings — ranging from biblical subjects to scenes of everyday rural life — tell a fascinating story of their own . |
| 27 | Explaining plans for a market economy , Gorbachev declared that diverse forms of ownership and management ranging from state-owned enterprises to co-operatives or family farms " all serve to strengthen the democratic pillars of society , since the working people become genuine masters of the means of production and the results of their work , and have a personal stake in efficient performance and high ultimate results " . |
| 28 | There are nineteen more employed on running campaigns ranging from tropical rainforests to air pollution and London 's roads . |
| 29 | Funeral clothing is offered as standard in every funeral parlour in the US , ranging from three-piece suits to dresses . |
| 30 | The Old World anteaters include various species of pangolin in Africa and Asia , ranging from tree-climbing forms to digging forms , all looking a bit like fircones with pointed snouts . |