Example sentences of "gone from [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Two points off a relegation place and with no money to spend , they 're on Skid Row and Kendall has gone from prince to pauper .
2 She had gone from happiness to misery and back again in what seemed no more than hours , and the speed of the changes had left her with a sense of unreality that she found impossible to shake off .
3 One of the initiatives is to encourage more teacher placements in industry , so that those in education who have gone from school to college and back to school as teachers and who have not experienced life in industry or commerce can be exposed to it , the better to assist their pupils in preparing for a working career .
4 " I have gone from failure to failure , with France , alas , the loser .
5 The wren-boys who had gone from house to house on the lorry all day were now scrubbed and combed , playing away cheerfully on raised planks .
6 The sensationalist side of sports reporting has gone from strength to strength in the popular press since the advent of television .
7 Even so Edinburgh Academicals have provided Sole with a solid platform from which he has gone from strength to strength , culminating in three Tests and a series triumph for the Lions .
8 From that moment they have gone from strength to strength and last year reached the final of the Pilkington Cup only to lose in extra time .
9 Matches were played against local hearing teams , and after a promising start , the club almost folded in 1879 following a disastrous season but was re-organised , and has since gone from strength to strength , with various changes in name .
10 Eventually , a more suitable location was sought and the company has gone from strength to strength ever since .
11 Getting back to the actual poem , I had to write about a subject that the ladies of the congregation could identify with , and as Tupperware is a household name , I got the inspiration to write ‘ The Hostess ’ It all started from there , and , like the product , has gone from strength to strength .
12 At the moment we enjoy in England two wonderfully successful knock-out competitions — at the top level the Pilkington Cup has gone from strength to strength with full-houses at Twickenham the setting for repeated grand finales in recent years .
13 Founded by friends John Paul Jones Dejoria and the late Paul Mitchell , the company has gone from strength to strength , both in the USA and Great Britain and in memory of Paul Mitchell , a host of stars turned out recently for a tree planting ceremony .
14 Many people thought the scheme would n't work , but since then the company has gone from strength to strength .
15 The crunch game came at the second hurdle when Sudbury toppled the mighty London Welsh at Moorsfield , after which they have gone from strength to strength , bolstered by a refreshing brand of running rugby .
16 Contrast this with the woodwind who often seem to be fighting gamely against insubordinate instruments and recalcitrant reeds , their difficulties surely exacerbated by lack of contact with the West , where orchestral wind playing has gone from strength to strength .
17 In a year when all other parts of the charitable sector have been hit by the drop in disposable income , environmental charities have gone from strength to strength .
18 Since then CART has been totally autonomous and has gone from strength to strength , developing a multi-million dollar organization .
19 He won the award for the regular habitat improvements made on his 1,680 acre property , where he and his keeper alan Smith four years ago gave up rearing pheasants , and built up wild birds , both pheasants and partridges , which have gone from strength to strength .
20 On Paul 's first day he arranged four appointments for our consultants with prospective clients , and has since gone from strength to strength .
21 The Largs-based professional slumped to 51st on the Order of Merit last season but , thanks to his new extra long putter , he has solved his short game problems and gone from strength to strength .
22 We 've gone from strength to strength from there qualifying for last year 's UK Team Chase Championships .
23 The APL scheme has gone from strength to strength this year , with highly competent managers from several factors including civic and local government , contract catering , hotels and the armed forces using this route to gain full membership .
24 Scottish ospreys have gone from strength to strength .
25 Erm the Financial Times you showed er I think including the F T Group and Les Echo er in , in the profit analysis , but you did say that their operating profit was up ten percent th the F T Group which I take it to mean they made fourteen point three , leaving I think four point two to Les Echo You did also say that Les Echo had gone from strength to strength but f from my figures I think it 's a third successive decline in their profit .
26 Well I also was er , er , a producer then in the B B C and so he and I had some cheerful encounters at that time , since when he has obviously gone from strength to strength .
27 It started in 1986 with Pink Floyd 's Dark Side of the Moon and has gone from strength to strength .
28 But now they have gone , the story line has gone from strength to strength .
29 While unpacking , he found a chess set ; his father explained some of the moves , and since then he has gone from strength to strength despite the fact that the family has no chess background .
30 The hospital has gone from strength to strength and is now recognised as one of the leading hospitals in the region .
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