Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] from [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this flow could be transported to North Wales , it would stand half as high as Snowdon ; if it could be transported to Surrey , it would be half as high again as the highest hill , and , such is the attraction of all high objects from mountains to the cost of living , it would be an important landmark , regularly thronged in summer with picnickers and ramblers , and would feature on scores of postcards . |
| 2 | Several recent assured tenancy issues featured non-recourse loans from banks to shareholders . |
| 3 | It will show Edinburgh life and Edinburgh backgrounds quite tellingly ; and in a very different context from Tickets to the Zoo . |
| 4 | They had a mass of worthless artefacts from crowns to Papal tiaras that they hired out . |
| 5 | The fenestral discovery , incidentally , also filled in a missing link to provide a 300 million year sequence of fossils showing a smooth evolution from reptiles to mammals . |
| 6 | When you feel ready ( after at least five minutes of lying quietly and breathing normally ) have a good stretch from fingertips to toes before slowly getting up . |
| 7 | ‘ We are switching five instrument and five electrical technicians from days to the five shifts , ’ said Ian Mincher . |
| 8 | Others in shopping malls followed as David managed to persuade his mother that such locations were essential in America because of the long distances from homes to towns . |
| 9 | One of the turning points was the schools boycott movement in the early 1980s , initiated by the black student movements , which left many thousands of black children from seven-year-olds to teenagers effectively out of school for several years . |
| 10 | A hastily assembled group of the famous 75s had been pushed forward on to Froideterre , and its lethal barrage had given one of the fresh divisions of XX Corps just enough time to move up through the ebbing debris of de Bonneval 's 37th African Division and establish a firm line from Bras to Haudromont . |
| 11 | It is envisaged that the investigation officer would be a legal officer in the Civil Service with special training , who would take full statements from parties to the dispute and any key witnesses and inspect all the documentation relevant to the case . |
| 12 | As most of their expansion had been in transport sectors , it was a natural step for them to try switching production from trucks to tanks . |
| 13 | In many ways , it is only a short step from communications to IT and , with every year that passes , the gap is closing . |
| 14 | The conditional projections made in 1969 by David Butler and Donald Stokes about the differential fertility — death rates between the social classes , combined with the transmission of political loyalties from parents to children — appeared to make Labour a natural majority party . |
| 15 | Toxic emissions from lorries to " rise considerably " |
| 16 | By selling various items from computers to eggs , offering consultative services and home tutoring , young intellectuals showed their ingenuity and flexibility in trying to improve their economic situation . |
| 17 | He brought out all the papal arguments and the curial forces from legates to censures , but while he obtained acknowledgement of his final authority in matrimonial matters , he made little other headway . |
| 18 | Some of the wealthy homes even installed their own still for extracting essential oils from plants to be used in medicine and perfumery . |
| 19 | CHECK OUT 20 UP-TO-DATE WORDS FROM BACS TO WHITE KNIGHT |
| 20 | Built from continuous cast iron it is suitable for most common gauges from 15″ to standard . |
| 21 | Our latest hot seller is Nobody 's Home , an illustrated catalogue of decaying buildings from cottages to castles , the sequel to last year 's Empty Quarters . |
| 22 | Indeed Saab has run an advertising campaign specifically linking the two activities in the hope of raising car sales , by transferring an up-market high-technology image from aeroplanes to cars . |
| 23 | As a result of this research , Armitage Shanks came up with Chablis — a soft and subtle shade which will add warmth to its surroundings , with the added advantage of co-ordinating with a wide range of other colours from pastels to bold primaries . |
| 24 | Anyway , I had a purposeful shop yesterday walking along to REALFOODS where one can buy lentils , rice , chickpeas and an Aladdin 's Cave of wonderful other things from herbs to dates , apricots to honey and tea , nuts , spices and organic veg and yoghourt etc . |
| 25 | Start with English is a colourful , straightforward course in six parts which takes young children from beginners to pre-intermediate level . |
| 26 | Under the scheme , Legal Partners would refer any financial enquiries from members to one of 70O qualified independent financial advisers who would then be able to offer local advice . |
| 27 | In 1989 SAVE 's Empty Quarters included every kind of listed building from cottages to a cathedral ( the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Middlesbrough ) . |
| 28 | This practice involves fund managers switching securities between accounts to shield favoured clients from losses to the detriment of others . |
| 29 | There is a wide range of sexually aggressive actions from men to women which form a continuum from sex murders through rape and sexual assault to sexual harassment and flashing to wolf whistling . |