Example sentences of "time to time [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there were from time to time reports of " crossed aphasia " , in which the lesion is on the same side as the preferred hand ( Bramwell , 1899 ) , these were initially regarded as no more than occasional exceptions of the " contralateral rule " . |
| 2 | The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’ |
| 3 | It should be emphasised that if the reputation of the developer for fair dealing is to be maintained , offers made for land found in this manner should be fair and reasonable , as from time to time speculators have acquired sites at far below their true value , in a similar way to door-to-door antique pedlars . |
| 4 | Any reasonably well-known professional scientist will receive from time to time letters written by bell-meaning people who indicate , usually in rather guarded terms , that they have in their possession the solution to the riddle of the universe and they just need a little help in polishing it up or propagating it . |
| 5 | But anyone working in this field will receive from time to time invitations to offer evidence as an expert witness in such cases . |
| 6 | From time to time variations in your terms and conditions of employment will result from negotiations and agreement with the specified union or unions , and these will be separately notified to your or otherwise incorporated in the documents to which you have reference . |
| 7 | These possibilities , and from time to time actualities , of conflict may be observed in many different spheres : in the strains which arise from the redistribution of economic resources between industrial and developing countries , and from the scarcity of some natural resources , which will become more acute as industrialization proceeds throughout the world ; in the difficulties of controlling the spread of nuclear weapons ; in the more directly political struggles for power and prestige in some regions of the world ( for example , in the Middle East and among Latin American countries ) , and until recently between two nuclear superpowers . |
| 8 | In various measures after 1911 governments extended benefits in ways that undermined the true insurance basis of the scheme ; but the contributory principle remained an important political symbol , and from time to time attempts were made to return the scheme closer to its roots . |
| 9 | Indeed , from time to time animatics do , in fact , get used for actual transmission — apparently without any drastic ill effects . |
| 10 | From time to time persons distinguished in the fields of making war , healing , diplomacy , or mere grace in the sight of kings , have been granted augmentations to their armorial bearings ; and the discovery of , and comment on , these can — where they are relevant — make a small but useful contribution to the rounding out of a local history . |
| 11 | From time to time papers are offered by members of the academic staff and by visiting speakers . |
| 12 | In any event , from time to time vendors may receive and accept a higher offer for land after solicitors have been instructed , but before contracts are exchanged . |
| 13 | It should be noted that from time to time subcontractors may be employed on ’ the lump ’ ( a fixed sum per day for each man employed ) . |
| 14 | Although the battle has been hard and long , and from time to time skirmishes still occur , computing is now largely accepted as being a necessary instrument in Clio 's weaponry , albeit in some cases a weapon of deterrence rather than attack . |
| 15 | attendance allowances for members , I would move that er , a scheme be commenced from the first of April ninety-four , and that the wording attached to the paper , be altered in two respects , in place of the phrase is a person over sixty-nine years of age , the words is an elderly person , and more significantly at the end of paragraph four , and normally lives with a member as part of the member 's family and be able to be left at th , be unable to be left unsupervised , be added , And that er , power to delegate a director of financial to amend the rates of allowances from time to time rates of attendance allowance for members , and that the scheme be met from the overall member 's allowance to which we recently referring . |
| 16 | Sometimes I lay down and let them dance on my hand , and from time to time children came to play games in my hair . |
| 17 | The windows , black as pitch , were streaming with water , and from time to time doors and windows rattled as if the cottage were under attack . |
| 18 | In providing reasonable access to a representative range of published material , a librarian is required to take note of the needs and interests of the public as a whole ; from time to time pressures , which this Association would feel to be undue , have been brought to bear on a librarian to discontinue the acquisition and display of material , which is thought to be unacceptable and which thus might prohibit the service to certain minorities whose interests the libraries are equally supposed to serve . |