Example sentences of "transition [prep] one [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 Geoffroy had popularized a new concept of evolution by ‘ saltations ’ or sudden transitions from one structure to another .
2 Within the part , a functional analysis may take us further than at higher levels , for smaller units of discourse are more likely to be uni-functional , and transitions from one function to another may correspond to both overtly marked sections of the discourse like section , chapter , and paragraph , and also ( indeed particularly ) to sentences .
3 Or you may be making transitions from one point to another that do not follow in logical sequence , not building on what you already know .
4 From a non-evolutionist standpoint , however , the problems that can be posed concerning the state , within a Marxist conception , are limited to the following : the formation of the state as a consequence of a structural transformation of primitive communal societies ( so far as these can be properly located and studied ) ; the types of state which correspond with determinate , historically realized , modes of production , and the conditions which produce a transition from one type to another ; and in the case of capitalist society , the structural characteristics , including the contradictions , which may effect a transition to another ( unknown ) type of society .
5 After all , er , the idea of death being the end of everything , is n't particularly gratifying to people , but er , the idea of an afterlife is , is very much more appealing , because it means death is n't the end , it 's just a kind of transition from one state to another , and it 's nice to think that er , there could be an afterlife , particularly if you can look forward to it , erm , in a , in a better place than here .
6 The secondary school to which they went on would then have an accurate record of what they could do , and could save a great deal of time at present wasted in the transition from one school to another .
7 Rates of progress are erratic : the transition from one idea to another may be accomplished by one pupil in a matter of minutes , whilst another will take months apparently covering the same ground .
8 A general point to be kept in mind throughout this chapter is that any tax reform involves the costs of transition from one scheme to another .
9 Does the script allow a smooth transition from one scene to another without a recording break ?
10 On making the transition from one prototype to another a di-gram weight corresponding to the appropriate letter pair was used in the optimisation metric , to influence the path chosen .
11 While Escada 's founder , Wolfgang Ley is proud to boast of the seamless transition from one designer to the next , the fashion world might have preferred to see Mr Stolzenburg challenge some preconceptions of this label by offering something fresh and new .
12 President said , ‘ Progress is generally a slow transition from one stage to another but the process can be hastened or retarded by the action of individuals .
13 Today , over fifty years after the beginning of the testing but successful reign of King George VI , the Abdication looks merely an unusual transition from one sovereign to another .
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