Example sentences of "changed from [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 By the eighth century the eastward drift of shingle along the coast had given natural protection to the spread of the salt marsh , and during the 12th and 13th centuries Pevensey Levels gradually changed from saltmarsh to reed and sedge meadows and ultimately pasture .
2 A quarter of an hour later Taylor 's role changed from hero to villain when he was involved in a total misunderstanding with Hammond and headed a Steve Welsh centre into his own net .
3 A quarter of an hour later , though , Taylor 's role changed from hero to villain when he was involved in a total misunderstanding with Hammond and headed a Steve Welsh centre into his own net .
4 Her mood changed from guilt to defiance .
5 Garfield , of all the institutions in which she had ever worked , was most responsive to mood , to atmosphere ; it shifted and changed from day to day , from week to week , for it had , like the larger society of her larger imagining , its own corporate , its own embodied spirit , all the more powerful for its caging , its high barbed wire , its high walls .
6 A feature of the stimuli is that the widths of the stripes within each pattern are random and that the arrangement of stripes is changed from trial to trial .
7 Their role has changed from turnkey to nurse but many grew up with the expectation that Rampton would be their career .
8 Behind the closed door the programme had changed from athletics to wrestling and once more the baby had begun to cry .
9 A small cloud of smoke rose from the glass and the colour of the liquid changed from red to purple , and from purple to a watery green .
10 He kept quiet , excepting that his look changed from friendliness to seriousness .
11 The colour on the indicator changed from green to amber and Graham 's eyes narrowed fractionally , his stare unremitting in its intensity .
12 Since then virtually every small printer , and most large ones , have changed from metal to film .
13 Seb 's expression changed from disbelief to delight in a matter of seconds .
14 As a result of this rule , and many carefully orchestrated publicity campaigns , the motor industry 's image has now changed from polluter to pal of the earth .
15 A local authority scheme which included plans for the abolition of certain grammar schools was altered following a local election at which the party in power changed from Labour to Conservative .
16 The identity of the price leader had changed from time to time with no obvious pattern .
17 These standards may vary from country to country and they may be changed from time to time within a given country .
18 But heads do nevertheless need to say what has to be changed from time to time — and should see the need for change before their colleagues .
19 However , constituency boundaries are changed from time to time .
20 The colour of the doctor 's handsome face changed from pink to greyish-white .
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