Example sentences of "ranging from [noun] [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chinese authorities have executed a bank accountant who embezzled more than $175,000 in the country 's first such case of computer fraud , the Xinhua Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday : Shi Biao , who worked for the Jilin branch of the state-run Agricultural Bank of China , was found to have siphoned funds to private accounts from August to November 1991 , and he and accomplice Yu Lixin were arrested as they were preparing to leave China through the southern economic zone of Shenzhen , bordering Hong Kong ; it was the first case of bank embezzlement via computer in China ; China imposes the death penalty for a variety of offences , ranging from bicycle theft to panda poaching . |
| 2 | ‘ We are not talking about births , ’ Verity , veteran of TV hits ranging from Dr Who to Minder reveals from the luxury London office she shares with her Great Dane , Arthur Daley . |
| 3 | The Colborne Golf Collection includes some 20 items ranging from bronze figures to tee wallets . |
| 4 | AFTER a year in prison , former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is studying the Moslem faith , skipping prison food in favour of canned tuna , and receiving visitors ranging from Whitney Houston to Spike Lee . |
| 5 | TIP has branched out into eight related areas ranging from tanker rental to truck leasing . |
| 6 | Through a sophisticated structural analysis of features ranging from window position to door latch , Glassie-reconstructs a major change taking place around the late 1870s ( 1975 : 182 , 185 ) , in which chimneys and central halls became incorporated into the main building , and a new concern with symmetry appears , along with a homogenization of the exterior around a more conspicuously ordered façade . |
| 7 | Scores of responses to Government proposals were made on behalf of the profession , on subjects ranging from enforcement agencies to adoption law , from the use of credit cards to new partnership law , from a new Arbitration Act to court dress . |
| 8 | The manufacturers would like to channel any new government money through their existing collaborative research clearing house , the US Council for Automotive Research ( USCAR ) , which coordinates joint research in ten areas , ranging from battery technology to passenger safety . |
| 9 | There has been a considerable growth in the demand for applied social science from industry and , particularly , government , reflecting the increased willingness of governments to intervene in society ( whether their own or someone else 's ) , so that sociologists are being increasingly consulted in respect of certain problems ranging from population control to terrorist control . |
| 10 | This is particularly important When one considers that the TA soldier is fed by a TA chef , and although that TA chef wears an ACC cap badge , he can be recruited from any walk of life ranging from bus driver to company director , to sewerage worker . |
| 11 | Second , the notion of a continuum of restriction ranging from community penalties to custody — neat as it sounds — fails to acknowledge the unique and painful experience of imprisonment . |
| 12 | The Promenade and the sea front play an important part in the tourist scene of Colwyn Bay , and many facilities are provided in this area including refreshment and souvenir kiosks , children 's attractions ranging from bumper cars to pony rides . |
| 13 | Argyll Services is based in The City of London and has a wide customer base ranging from recruitment consultancies to shopping centres and cinemas . |