Example sentences of "[conj] from time to time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lit the candles they had brought and made their way along a passage which led out of the chamber , gazing wordlessly — he could n't remember that they had spoken at all while in there — at the arched limestone walls , at the tunnels that from time to time branched from this central artery , once into a wide gallery whose egress had been blocked by a fall of stone . |
| 2 | The whole area of classification is one which is regularly the subject of Market Research Society working parties , and from time to time provokes a rash of articles in the technical press , but at the time of writing there is little sign of any real breakthrough to a new and better system . |
| 3 | He shivered ceaselessly , eyes half closed , and from time to time swallowed with difficulty , trying to ease the collar round his neck . |
| 4 | The size of this deposit varies by contract , and from time to time depending on trading conditions . |
| 5 | Northern coal miners observed a long Christmas break and from time to time proclaimed " gaudy days " on such occasions as hearing the first cuckoo . |
| 6 | AT3 had experienced great difficulty in finding a job in teaching and from time to time expressed thankfulness for the one he had now . |
| 7 | The effect of the war was , as in many other industries , to force government , employers and unions in shipping to face and to solve as best they could , many problems of relationships and jurisdictions which had been simmering , and from time to time erupting , for many years . |
| 8 | And long after Dana had left me , I still thought of him every day , and from time to time wrote poems about him , like this one which came to me after several viewings of a film that greatly disturbed and fascinated me , Pasolini 's Teorema : |
| 9 | The Federal Executive shall have power , after appropriate consultations and subject to ratification by the Federal Conference , to make and from time to time vary Party rules as to membership , elections and such other matters as it may consider necessary or desirable to give effect to or supplement the provisions of this Constitution . |
| 10 | Dogs followed her everywhere , watching , waiting , sniffing and from time to time mounting her . |
| 11 | 12.1 The Company when called upon by the Publisher shall procure that the Authors undertake routine updating revision and correction of the Work after publication and from time to time informs the Publisher of corrections and revisions which the Authors may consider desirable . |
| 12 | He was kind of staggering , with one hand held to his temple , and from time to time making a noise like water running out of a bath . |
| 13 | Theresa Scott and Helen Chalmers look after the Baptist Missionary Society Birthday Scheme in Queens Park , and from time to time send a gift to the BMS . |
| 14 | Dr Ali was scurrying along beside him and from time to time glaring down the line of boys . |
| 15 | The five children of the household — all under twelve — sat staring at him and from time to time discussed him with one another in rapid French , which in spite of his recent visit to the country as a ski soldier , totally escaped his capacity to understand . |
| 16 | The Kirgiz-Kaisaks ( Kazakhs ) , roaming in areas claimed by both sides , were in an uncomfortable position and from time to time paid fealty to both , meantime raiding on their own behalf and fighting amongst themselves . |
| 17 | ‘ That the Directors be and are hereby authorised to establish and to permit the Company 's subsidiaries to establish such employee share schemes as they consider appropriate for the participation therein of employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries who are resident or working overseas , and from time to time to make to permit the making of such alterations thereto as they consider necessary or appropriate provided always that the terms of such schemes shall , as far as is appropriate having regard to local circumstances and local taxation consideration , be similar to those of the Dawson International Savings Related Share Option Scheme and that the overall limits on the number of Ordinary Shares in the Company which may be subscribed for under all the Company 's employee share schemes shall not be increased thereby and that Ordinary Shares which may be subscribed for under such overseas schemes shall count towards such limits . ’ |