Example sentences of "from person to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This idea or nominal essence will vary from person to person ; goldsmiths know more properties of gold , and so have a different idea of it than does a child . |
| 2 | The ‘ nominal essence ’ of the clock is the idea we have of it and , as with gold , this will vary from person to person . |
| 3 | The arguments rehearsed by Sextus Empiricus purported to show that , because perception of secondary qualities such as tastes and colours varied from person to person , we can not know how things really are in respect of these . |
| 4 | The history consisted of genealogies ( which were different in their emphases and resonances from place to place and from person to person ) and of anecdotes , poems , stories , all of which were similarly variable . |
| 5 | Nina was passed from person to person . |
| 6 | The importance of these considerations again will vary from person to person , and from one society to another . |
| 7 | Although menstrual cycles vary quite considerably in length from person to person , the average length is about 28 days with the ‘ period ’ taking up the first five or six of these . |
| 8 | There are a number of obvious problems with the application of this rule , since its interpretation varies from person to person . |
| 9 | There is no chart telling us just how many hours we should be sleeping ; indeed it varies greatly from person to person . |
| 10 | Discussing the problem , Blackmore ( 1987 ) quotes several sources explaining why handwashing is essential if the transfer of infected material from person to person is to be restricted . |
| 11 | This sort of interviewing could well be characteristic of a community survey where the researcher went from person to person linking up kinship networks , occupational groups , recreational groups , religious bodies , and so on . |
| 12 | Indeed , about 50 per cent of the variation from person to person in mental activities can be attributed to variations in the strength of a single attribute , which , because of the great diversity of its expression , is called g , for general intelligence . |
| 13 | Accordingly , assessment of results must rely largely on subjective reports ; and the subjective experience of backpain varies greatly from person to person , and is much influenced by mental states ( and hence placebo effects ) . |
| 14 | Malaria is primarily a disease of the blood , and is transmitted from person to person by the bite of females of certain species of anopheline mosquitoes . |
| 15 | It is just possible that , because these spiritual things are produced by the mind and are therefore peculiar to individuals , varying little or much from person to person , they represent the real and absolute fact of individuality . |
| 16 | However , it is a fact of life that what is considered reasonable is the product of our experience and therefore varies from person to person . |
| 17 | A little scared , very curious , ravenously hungry and ready to argue the toss with anyone after being passed from person to person like so many yards of parcelled muslin . |
| 18 | Even on the same diet , this will vary from person to person depending on many individual factors , including the amount of excess weight ( the heavier you are the faster you tend to shed weight ) and the degree of energy expended in physical activity . |
| 19 | The actual length of time one is asleep before this level is reached varies from person to person . |
| 20 | It is very hard to give a precise answer to this question as , to a certain extent , it will vary from person to person . |
| 21 | The ch'i however varies in density from person to person , and the line that I should follow may be hard to discern through the turbid obscuring ch'i of which I am composed . |
| 22 | Here we are focusing attention on the point of contact which will vary from person to person . |
| 23 | There are not usually any warning signs before the start of symptoms , which themselves may vary in severity from person to person . |
| 24 | HIV is not easily passed from person to person . |
| 25 | HIV is not easily transmitted from person to person except by ‘ high risk ’ activity . |
| 26 | Stigma is attached to AIDS because of strong social disapproval of the ‘ risk activities ’ by which HIV is passed from person to person and because of ignorance and fear . |
| 27 | The detailed make-up of these proteins can vary from person to person — variation that comes from differences in the gene which describes the protein . |
| 28 | The annoyance caused by noise varies from person to person , and depends on its loudness and duration . |
| 29 | The truth is that there are disagreeable aspects to nearly all work ; that what is regarded as disagreeable in work will vary from person to person and , within one person , from mood to mood ; and that , in the end , the distinction to be made is simply but none the less crucially that the disagreeable features are more readily tolerated when the worker is working for himself than when he is working for someone else . |
| 30 | They reach behind right actions to right motives , and their application may differ from person to person according to circumstances . |