Example sentences of "[noun pl] vary from " in BNC.

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1 When the Bingham Report recommended a statutory duty for auditors ‘ to report to the Bank any information or opinion which the auditor knows or should reasonably know to be relevant to a bank 's fulfilment of the criteria in Sch 3 of the 1987 [ Banking ] Act ’ ( ie the criteria for being licensed as a bank ) , auditors ' reactions varied from the totally relaxed to the slightly concerned , but no one positively opposed the change .
2 Teaching practice hours varied from 150 to 750 .
3 These patterns varied from language to language , but only a limited number of such patterns seemed to occur , so that the same pattern of kinship terminology was found among totally unrelated peoples speaking totally unrelated languages .
4 Patterns varied from area to area , differed between industrial and rural areas , and between city and city , and a host of social factors have to be taken into account .
5 ‘ Many of the first colonies were built at the expense of societies the settlers did n't understand because their cultures varied from Earth basic , ’ she said .
6 The sessions varied from ninety minutes to whole day programmes .
7 The proportions of each age group selected into grammar schools varied from as little as 15 per cent in some parts of the country to as much as 40 per cent in others .
8 In the event , his twelve Tests proved a singularly unhappy period as he lost four and drew eight ; he insisted that the responsibility did not affect him but his form declined — partly at least through a back injury — and his performances varied from moderate to dismal .
9 In the river valleys and levels breeding densities varied from 25 pairs per 2,500 acres ( 10 sq .
10 Hours of language teaching methods varied from 20 to 150 , and most respondents considered that all of their course was already concerned with ‘ language in education/basic linguistics ’ .
11 Most we photographs of Gifford Tate and his two friends , the settings varied from the garden of the house to the Loire Valley , and to places in the Mediterranean .
12 Its ownership relationships varied from a wholly owned territory to joint ventures to a partnership .
13 Savings vary from job to job and company to company but , given that the system is installed for the right reasons , it should be possible to recover the hardware and software costs within two years .
14 Bottle strengths vary from 40 per cent to nearly 60 per cent — some distilleries leave the whiskey uncut ; others reduce it with water .
15 Walks vary from a gentle stroll to the neighbouring resort of Thumersbach , from where you can return by boat , through to more challenging rambles using the cable car further up the mountains .
16 Walks vary from gentle lakeside ambles to the arduous long-distance footpath , known as the Speyside Way .
17 Their ratings vary from 4 W to 125 W.
18 Power ratings vary from 250W to 1,600W , and the higher the power rating the quicker it will dry hair .
19 Flamboyant drop-dead designs vary from risque bare-as-you-dare creations to the latest gold and lurex numbers .
20 Styles vary from Jacobean with multi-gabled frontages to ‘ Tudorbethan ’ with battlements and pinnacles .
21 As a result of these successes , the 30 km/h zone has become a widely used measure throughout the Netherlands , though styles vary from place to place .
22 Several studies , for example , show that policy outputs vary from authority to authority in a manner which is not simply related to differing resources or needs .
23 Teaching methods vary from subject to subject .
24 Nowadays methods vary from teacher to teacher , but in a typical lesson the pupil is likely to find himself lying , sitting or standing on a hard table while his teacher , using hands and voice , gently guides his head and gets him to release his neck and shoulders .
25 However , individual schools vary from as little as £3 per hour up to £30 per hour — the latter regrettably in the South-East .
26 Again , the songs vary from group to group , but they also evolve over time .
27 The Roman catholic element in all the republic 's protestant second-level schools varies from one school with 0 per cent to one school with 40 per cent of the total .
28 The pupil/teacher ratio in maintained primary schools varies from country to country .
29 The popularity of different contraceptive methods varies from country to country .
30 The colour of the duns varies from dark to silvery pale dun , and in fact is dun rather than red which is the common recessive in the breed and which could suggest a link with Scandinavia , where dun was a common colour .
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