Example sentences of "anything from a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had realized this , he might not have classed it light-heartedly as a " Not-hawk " - that is , anything from a wren to a pheasant — and continued on his way up the slope . |
| 2 | It can be used wet into dry paint or wet into wet , although once it is dry it is longer than for other types of paint , being anything from a day to a week depending on the colour . |
| 3 | It can be used wet into dry paint or wet into wet , although once it is dry it is longer than for other types of paint , being anything from a day to a week depending on the colour . |
| 4 | You may be called upon to devise anything from a competition to a collection of recipes ( taking expert advice if you are wise ) . |
| 5 | It has a very efficient and accurate VAT return facility , and includes functions for everything you need to run anything from a small to multi-national company . |
| 6 | Anything from a half to a third of colliers ' earnings was accounted for by an allowance of two draughts of coal a week , and when other Staffordshire coal owners tried to follow the Earl 's example , they found their miners demanding threepence a day in compensation . |
| 7 | The interpreter operates at high speed : in simultaneous translation ( strictly speaking , simultaneous interpreting ) , he keeps roughly a sentence behind the speaker ; in consecutive translation ( interpreting ) the speaker waits for the interpreter to translate anything from a morpheme to a whole paragraph at a time . |
| 8 | These dogs are absolutely fearless and will tackle anything from a weasel to a fox without a second thought . |
| 9 | During the day , take your pick of anything from a pizza to a sizzling steak served at the poolside barbecue grill — and afternoon coffee takes on a flavour all of its own when enjoyed with a fresh pastry cooked before your eyes . |
| 10 | English speakers do indeed find it natural , and complain mightily about the bizarre foreign habit of assigning gender to anything from a turnip to a sideboard . |
| 11 | Effecting an entry , this is called , and a job for Slim Jim , the flexible steel ruler owned by every mechanic and car thief , which , shoved down the side of the driver 's door glass , will open anything from a Jeep to a Jaguar . |
| 12 | On those boats you can buy anything from a loaf to a life . |
| 13 | The process of making anything from a switch to a civil airliner is subject to improvements in speed , quality and cost reduction which follow the characteristic learning curve . |
| 14 | When you make anything from a box to a dress , it is very helpful if you can measure accurately ! |
| 15 | The practical user of solids as load-bearing materials requires information on , for example , displacement , load and time in order to design a useful structure — interpreting the term structure as anything from a bridge to a woven garment . |
| 16 | Courses are available at centres at home and abroad and last for anything from an hour to two weeks . |
| 17 | ‘ Could be anything from an Aborigine to an Atoguin . |