Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun pl] from [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten years ago it was supposed that when the database was up and running it would be relatively easy to find additional funds from outside to cover the running costs . |
| 2 | May 20–26 has been designated ‘ One World ’ week by 18 national TV stations : it kicks off with a German production , The World In Our Hands , which highlights global issues from pollution to Third World debt , and ends with One World , One Voice , a two-hour musical chain letter masterminded by Kevin Godley and featuring 150 international musicians . |
| 3 | I was aware that building societies are in the habit of launching new products from time to time , primarily to attract new investors . |
| 4 | They ignored temporary conversions from roughland to grass leys ( and vice versa ) and found that in the 30 years to 1980 in their 6 study areas , 15,000 hectares of rough pasture had reverted to roughland but 23,900 hectares of roughland had been converted to grass leys . |
| 5 | I welcome the Bill , even though on the surface it hands considerable powers from Parliament to Ministers . |
| 6 | It was falsely believed that deprivation was a ‘ geographical ’ problem rather than a social and economic one , that particularly affected families in inner cities who passed multiple deprivations from generation to generation . |
| 7 | They exchanged meaningful glances from time to time — and it was apparent that his brother was as troubled as he by the disturbing events . |
| 8 | A project designed to keep bored youngsters from resorting to car crime by giving them motorbikes to play with has been receiving some expert advice . |
| 9 | Maureen answered straight away , and listened eagerly , giving excited squeaks from time to time as her niece brought her up to date on everything that had happened . |
| 10 | They must , of course , take calculated risks from time to time to achieve objectives which they perceive to be right but not universally popular . |
| 11 | Similarly , just as sociologists or some of them , develop revolutionary tendencies from time to time , so too do poets from Wordsworth to Blok . |
| 12 | As we negotiated the slippery rungs of that staircase , there were always a few interested bystanders with nothing better to do than shout encouraging remarks from time to time , but we soon learnt to ignore them . |
| 13 | According to Sheila Sisulu of the South African Council of Churches , the DET 's strategy has largely involved shifting resources from place to place rather than substantially expanding the system . |
| 14 | Project English is a student-centred , three-year course taking young teenagers from beginner to intermediate level . |
| 15 | William Thwaite was paid for repairing underground shoes from time to time . |
| 16 | So as far as this meeting 's concerned , erm , most of our meetings are basically business meetings , but we , we have tried and we will try to put in speakers and , and do different things from time to time , we had er , er a woman last time who 'd been to Central America recently and she gave us a very interesting talk on a visit to El Salvador and Guatamala , erm , and we , we 'd like to do that more often , but , but what we do really erm , to begin with any rate , is we go th we go through the , the headings on this sheet , on the , on the minutes , we use them as headings for others and erm , items on the agenda and er some may have more to say than others and there are one or two not on there which we 'll pop in as we go along . |
| 17 | Playing swift passes from defence to the flanks , they equalised with a hard-hit shot from Nadir and took the lead after Richard Biddle found Andy Metcalfe free in the area . |
| 18 | When impala panic , they bound away making spectacular leaps from side to side , kicking their back legs into the air . |
| 19 | In addition the church might consider placing paid advertisements from time to time , highlighting forthcoming events which could be made especially attractive to the outsider . |
| 20 | Other studies show that toad populations do suffer large fluctuations from year to year , but the length of the Norwegian study , covering 25 years and four or five generations of toads , suggests a worrying trend . |
| 21 | In Uganda I had always been keen on the latest styles , trying new clothes from week to week . |
| 22 | For house physician John Bery , the day begins at Cheltenham General Hospital when he puts on a pedometer.He 's one of a group of doctors who 've been helping in a survey of the distances covered while on duty.Soon Dr Bery is heading for a ward at the opposite end of the hospital.It 's the first of many long walks along the corridors during the day.The problem at Cheltenham general is identical to many other hospitals … where an old Victorian block has been extended with newer buildings forcing doctors to travel great distances from department to department . |