Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] from [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 So is a very brave Jane Hollis who really should be covered from head to foot to cope ; with even Lossiemouth 's best day !
2 Car mileage should be increased from 24.5p to 25p for return journeys of up to 100 miles , or any other amount that the Finance Act should decide .
3 This should be undertaken from time to time with assistance in recruiting , training expansion of groups and also with Liturgical experiences .
4 The benefit should be paid from February to May , August to January and then ended due to expiry of benefit period .
5 The benefit should be paid from February to May , August to March and then ended as maximum number of payments have been made .
6 In practice , it has been taken as allowing the jury to assess whether the mental abnormality was such a significant factor in the killing as to reduce D's culpability to the extent that the offence should be reduced from murder to manslaughter .
7 We have probably often been guilty of viewing censorship as something that must be imposed from time to time .
8 Moreover , whatever your age , circumstances and financial resources , taking stock is something which must be done from time to time — it is the first step in making decisions .
9 Under the 1944 and 1948 Education Acts such schools would have been illegal : pupils must be transferred from primary to secondary between the ages of ten and a half and twelve .
10 Fig. 2 ( b ) The pool must be levelled from end to end and from side to side by means of a board and spirit level .
11 If you are a regular , or plan to be , then because of the amount of work imposed upon them you need a minimum of four ferrets since they must not be overworked and must be rested from time to time through the day .
12 A lease might be made from year to year subject to a fetter on the right of the landlord to determine the lease before the war ends .
13 Independent of this physical cause there exists always one more or less contrary evil to the cure of maladies in any Hospital whatever which results from the great number of sick assembled in one place , the bodies of which occasion emanations which alters more or less the wholesomeness of the air , but this cause may in some manner be done away with by the great cleanliness of the Stables and fumigations that might be performed from time to time …
14 Arab traders exploited the winds of the Indian Ocean to knit together the Persian Gulf , the coast of east Africa and the Malabar coast of south India , where goods could be transferred from dhows to junks bound for Canton .
15 We are anxious to know where this large quantity could be transferred from ship to shore ?
16 We are anxious to know where this large quantity could be transferred from ship to shore ?
17 Alternatively , the tract could be subdivided , or the responsibility for cultivation could be rotated from year to year .
18 Southern Railway kept a mule at Spencer Shops whose sole purpose was to get on board a train on Sunday so that a run could be made from Spencer to Goldsboro .
19 Savings accounts in banks were left untouched , but the decree limited for the next six months the amount of cash which could be withdrawn from accounts to a maximum Rbs500 per month , although it authorized the use of bank transfers by individuals for payment to state shops and enterprises .
20 Although the programme could be altered from day to day , it is expected that objectors ' evidence will begin the following Tuesday .
21 If a psychologist throws doubt on the child 's comprehension of events , the charge could be reduced from murder to manslaughter .
22 For example , the ceiling for relief could be reduced from £30,000 to zero in ten equal steps over a ten-year period of time .
23 Gordon was the first to provide irrefutable evidence of what had been until then no more than a faint suspicion : that puerperal fever was a contagious disease that could be carried from patient to patient by doctors and midwives .
24 If — and given the Republic 's apparent naval and air strength it was a big ‘ if ’ — the Army of Africa could be transported from Morocco to the mainland , the military advantage would shift dramatically towards the rebels .
25 The draftsman should either designate in the lease the place where the advertisement may be maintained , or grant the tenant a right to maintain an advertisement in such place as may be designated from time to time by the landlord or his surveyor .
26 Alternatively cards may be moved from pile to pile if they match the suit of the card underneath and have a lower face value .
27 ‘ In Xamdu did Cublai Can build a stately Palace , encompassing sixteene miles of plaine ground within a wall , wherein are fertile meddowes , pleasant springs , delightful streames , and all sorts of beasts of chase and game , and in the midst thereof a sumptuous house of pleasure , which may be moved from place to place .
28 Given the inclusion of so many considerations , it is not surprising that standards may be amended from time to time : for example , standards may be made more stringent if new scientific research reveals a lower threshold of effect than was previously believed to exist .
29 The contents of this handbook may be amended from time to time .
30 Standard terms may be updated from time to time .
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