Example sentences of "[noun sg] from time to time " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was particularly valuable to learn of some of the principal concerns that exist and are obviously discussed by the committee from time to time . |
| 32 | He left his village and went to live in a deserted tomb ; an obliging friend locked him inside and brought him bread from time to time . |
| 33 | Husband and wife kept up their own conversation , turning to the elderly lady from time to time only to offer her another cup of tea or a cake . |
| 34 | One such instance was related to me by Mr David Charles , of the Charles and Redding Company , who visited Darlington Hall from time to time during Lord Darlington 's days . |
| 35 | Pauline Dungate has been working in the church for quite a few years , and she knows the man who lives in the cemetery from time to time . |
| 36 | Well , er er a similar , er when you got a letter , when you got a letter , so you you 'd probably get you 'd probably get four or five Woodbines , you see , er things like this , and there was an issue from time to time , and they were chiefly American cigarettes , chiefly American cigarettes . |
| 37 | I have been sufficiently foolhardy to raise the issue from time to time with small groups of individuals who put their point of view to me when it is easy to be civilised and who propose arrangements whereby Sunday trading could be limited to certain times , to shops of a particular size , to the selling of particular goods or to certain types of shop . |
| 38 | The headship of the amalgamated department will be assigned by the Hebdomadal Council from time to time for specified periods of not less than five years to one of the persons holding an established academic post in the department , normally with the title of professor or reader . |
| 39 | take the view that erm they are put up by the Council from time to time for various reasons . |
| 40 | This manual will be updated by the Editor from time to time . |
| 41 | Although correct at the date this leaflet went to print , postal fees , charges , compensation and other conditions are subject to revision from time to time , and services may be added to or withdrawn . |
| 42 | All plans need revision from time to time and difficulties arise in reading the networks after several such changes . |
| 43 | All plans need revision from time to time and difficulties arise in reading the networks after several such changes . |
| 44 | Nearly all horses will suffer from some anxiety from time to time , which is perfectly normal , but chronic anxiety is not normal and it is probably the most insidiously destructive emotion possible . |
| 45 | It can be argued that children need to be part of a mixed age school community from time to time , for that is the pattern of life . |
| 46 | Buff with a stainless-steel polish from time to time to keep the cutlery pristine . |
| 47 | Ad hoc alliances of green organizations take place from time to time , and at the end of 1988 Greenpeace , Friends of the Earth and the World Wide Fund for Nature jointly threw down a ‘ green gauntlet ’ to the government , urging it to turn propaganda about the environment into action . |
| 48 | After taking up the post , the professor will become eligible for consideration , in reviews which will take place from time to time , for one of a small number of additional awards which may be made in recognition of outstanding academic distinction and/or contribution to the academic work of the University ( e.g. in leadership in , or in the development of , some field of study ) . |
| 49 | The MOD from time to time may authorise the extension of this service to other BFPO addresses . |
| 50 | He says it 's part of the staff 's contract that they work different shift from time to time — at times of crisis or if someone is sick we have to ask someone who knows the job to cover . |
| 51 | The other departments will inevitably come into conflict with marketing from time to time because the latter 's need to satisfy customers requires an adaptability that does not fit into their drive for efficiency of operations . |
| 52 | She works in the bookshop from time to time cos she 's only got the two has n't she , Robin and Stephan . |
| 53 | to obtain the above for employees of other institutions whom the Executive Committee may admit to membership from time to time ; |
| 54 | Such a calculation is not a perfect one , and there is bound to be a failure from time to time if you are really trying to achieve that objective . |
| 55 | ‘ I believe someone comes in to pick up the post from time to time . ’ |
| 56 | No formal procedure is used for monitoring the project , but the chief executive follows it with interest and talks informally with the project engineer from time to time . |
| 57 | The bearer of the warrant from time to time is unquestionably a shareholder but to what extent , if at all , he is a member of the company depends on a provision to that effect in the articles . |
| 58 | For one thing , her subject was in itself appealing to most of the girls , or at least intermittently so ; they enjoyed watching crystals grow , and weighing small things on small scales , and making little bits of sodium whizz round saucers of Water , so they quite voluntarily offered her their attention from time to time . |
| 59 | I suffer quite badly from lack of confidence from time to time , but then everybody does . |
| 60 | He could receive visitors and was allowed out of jail from time to time , even occasionally to preach in London . |