Example sentences of "range from [noun sg] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These ranged from lunch clubs to linking into existing networks , to setting up new ones , courses , a proposed conference , newsletter material and , most importantly , a database and exchange . ’ |
| 2 | The conference was hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Poland and brought together some 20 people from Switzerland , Sweden , Germany and Poland whose fields of expertise ranged from parish work to professional journalism . |
| 3 | Subjects ranged from site matters to overall company strategy . |
| 4 | On an American basis , their credit ratings ranged from triple A to junk . |
| 5 | They have done so as part of a widely comprehensive output , ranging from chamber music to symphonies and opera . |
| 6 | We are at the leading edge of the development of wind power , and must also have one of the most effective network of organisations , ranging from government bodies to the voluntary sector , involved in conservation and wildlife protection . |
| 7 | Eight prisoners serving sentences for offences ranging from drug trafficking to armed robbery are taking part in a conference on violence in society . |
| 8 | Vitamins and minerals often work together in this respect , and some are necessary for normal energy production , the use of protein in growth and tissue repair , and in many other functions , ranging from hormone production to effects on skin quality . |
| 9 | The club has spent £3,500 on the latest physiotherapy equipment ranging from ultra-sound technology to a Furudism machine , which electronically stimulates muscle tissue . |
| 10 | Chinese authorities have executed a bank accountant who embezzled more than $175,000 in the country 's first such case of computer fraud , the Xinhua Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday : Shi Biao , who worked for the Jilin branch of the state-run Agricultural Bank of China , was found to have siphoned funds to private accounts from August to November 1991 , and he and accomplice Yu Lixin were arrested as they were preparing to leave China through the southern economic zone of Shenzhen , bordering Hong Kong ; it was the first case of bank embezzlement via computer in China ; China imposes the death penalty for a variety of offences , ranging from bicycle theft to panda poaching . |
| 11 | Trying to convince people the project was worth pursuing was not easy , and over a long period personal time had to be carved out to work on the project from time allocated to a variety of other activities ranging from textile fibres to films and even to electronics . |
| 12 | Numerous turf-built barrows and mortuary enclosures have been recognised on the chalk and limestone uplands , together with the enigmatic causewayed enclosures for which numerous uses have been suggested , ranging from settlement sites to vast necropolises . |
| 13 | Entertainment and the arts are beginning the transition , not only with digital storage and transmission media ( compact disks , high-definition television ) , but also with the creation of purely computational art , ranging from computer music to the popular ‘ morphing ’ of film images . |
| 14 | The Colborne Golf Collection includes some 20 items ranging from bronze figures to tee wallets . |
| 15 | According to Rosenthal , more than 100,000 tonnes of waste , ranging from household rubbish to industrial waste , have been dumped illegally in eastern Germany in 1991 . |
| 16 | TIP has branched out into eight related areas ranging from tanker rental to truck leasing . |
| 17 | In the summer of 1988 , a group of writers and other intellectuals , ranging from Alliance supporters to Euro-Communists , formed a new journal , Samizdat . |
| 18 | WUS also supports more than thirty educational projects inside South Africa , ranging from literacy work to specialized research projects . |
| 19 | Through a sophisticated structural analysis of features ranging from window position to door latch , Glassie-reconstructs a major change taking place around the late 1870s ( 1975 : 182 , 185 ) , in which chimneys and central halls became incorporated into the main building , and a new concern with symmetry appears , along with a homogenization of the exterior around a more conspicuously ordered façade . |
| 20 | There 's been a mixed agenda today ranging from animal rights to the Palestinian question and Mike Woodin is the prospective parliamentary candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon , he 's been er at the Conference proceeding this afternoon . |
| 21 | They provide welfare support ranging from hospital visits to helping with the completion of applications for financial assistance for a variety of needs , such as rent , gas , electricity , telephone arrears , purchase of essential household equipment , clothing and travel costs to visit sick relatives . |
| 22 | In the longer term , all contributions to our understanding of human language ( in particular , how it differs from artificial languages ) are important for developments in numerous areas , ranging from speech therapy to natural language processing . |
| 23 | Scores of responses to Government proposals were made on behalf of the profession , on subjects ranging from enforcement agencies to adoption law , from the use of credit cards to new partnership law , from a new Arbitration Act to court dress . |
| 24 | Eighty-six ceramic works , ranging from dinner plates to monumental sculptures , which Miró realised with the collaboration of Josep Artigas . |
| 25 | The programme will take the form of a joint venture between the state-owned forestry company , Inhutani II , and PT Astra , Indonesia 's second largest private company , which has interests ranging from car assembly to plantations and agriculture . |
| 26 | The sale of Provendor , which is Volvo 's third most profitable division , making products ranging from mineral water to frozen snacks , will come as a surprise to the market when trading opens today . |
| 27 | The Countryside Commission is urging the government to introduce legislation to ease the strain on Britain 's ten national parks , under pressure from the growing numbers of visitors and the tourist industry 's interest in development , as well as demands ranging from mineral extraction to military training . |
| 28 | Incidentally , the printed circuit boards commonly found inside most electronic equipment , ranging from transistor radios to computers , are not protected by these regulations because , although comprised of layers ( usually two ) , neither layer is made from semiconductor material . |
| 29 | An advisory body , it had 45 members representing the LCC , the City of London , six county councils , the Standing Joint Committee of Metropolitan Boroughs and 129 local authorities ranging from county boroughs to rural districts . |
| 30 | Using data collected over a 2-year period from plots under a variety of management techniques , ranging from maize cultivation to a range of pasture grasses , they report that soil erosion and nutrient losses were greatest from maize ( Zea mays ) and guinea grass ( Panicum maximum Jacq. ) plots . |