Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] from [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under this leadership over the past decade the company has grown from being an essentially UK woodworm and pest control company , to an international enterprise with a broad base of environmental services in every major world economy . |
| 2 | Whatever the future holds for Northern Ireland , it is clear that Ian Paisley has moved from being a prophet crying in the wilderness to the centre of the unionist stage . |
| 3 | He has moved from being a persecuted minority to a person with full and equal ‘ rights ’ . |
| 4 | Over the long term , income tax has moved from being a tax paid only by the rich to one levied on quite poor people . |
| 5 | Now that Kilwinning has mushroomed from being a small village to having a population of almost 16,500 , it is to be hoped that some of the new residents will take an interest in the town 's historic past and will ensure the continued existence of the Ancient Society of Kilwinning Archers and the papingo shoot . |
| 6 | Since its inception Super-SARA has slipped from being a pioneer project into the safety of nuclear reactor cores after a severe accident to an also-ran . |
| 7 | DAMON HILL , who has progressed from being a hard-up member of a punk rock band to one of Formula One 's most envied drivers , admitted last night that he had never had it so good . |
| 8 | In short , " you know what I mean " has gone from being an agreement-seeker to being a marker of agreement in conversation . |
| 9 | Through her involvement , Birthright has leapt from being a fringe charity into a major one . |
| 10 | Now in its 25th year , the Crisis Open Christmas campaign has evolved from being a small-scale soup kitchen into an extremely sophisticated operation . |
| 11 | Just as the snack has changed from being a national joke into a respected billion pound industry almost overnight , so the most humble sector of the hospitality industry is on course to become the high-flier of the 1990s . |
| 12 | Llanberis has changed from being a slate quarrying town to being a tourist centre . |
| 13 | The survey has changed from being an instrument devoted to demonstrating the need for a welfare state into a central feature of its maintenance and administration . |
| 14 | Where the confusion seems to stem from is the fact that guitar music sounds an octave lower than concert pitch . |
| 15 | How ever many bases the Royal Air Force decides to operate from is a decision which the Royal Air Force can take in due course . |
| 16 | Erm , I I heard something over the weekend , that that erm , mentioned er an American drug company , that has come up with whatever drug and it 's moved from being a million pound concern , into a multi-million pound concern , because of these discoveries , |
| 17 | No idea he 's gone from being a Jewish rabbi last night and he 's he 's sort of gone okay we 'll leap now out of , so he 's leapt out of that one and he 's leapt straight into a fucking little boy 's erm body right , and he 's a mongoloid poor little soul and he 's a downs syndrome kid . |