Example sentences of "switch [prep] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clash between the end-weight and subject-before-predicate principles could have been avoided by switching from passive to active and inserting a subject such as We or This paper : |
| 2 | Thanks to Karen 's attack I had n't been able to pee , and when my organ switched from reproductive to urinary mode I realized that my bladder was bursting . |
| 3 | It is not always easy to switch from projected to non-projected drama . |
| 4 | Switch from comprehensive to third party motor insurance if your car 's value has fallen far enough . |
| 5 | Similarly , when the salmon returns to fresh water to spawn , a proportion of its pigments switch from blue-sensitive to red-sensitive . |
| 6 | Institutional investors made their biggest ever switch from short to long-term assets in the final quarter of 1991 , abandoning £3.8 billion of cash deposits for gilts and equities . |
| 7 | At a later stage the emphasis was switched from administrative to programme measurement ( which — as costs may be spread amongst numerous departmental sections as well as outside agencies such as local authorities or quangos — is usually much more difficult ) . |
| 8 | He said that tax collection would be improved , sales tax raised from 3 per cent to 5 per cent , and some tax revenues switched from local to central government , but he forecast a budgetary deficit for 1991 of 13,300 million yuan , saying that deficit spending would continue for at least another five years . |
| 9 | A year later the emphasis of the NEP was switched from nuclear to coal . |