Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] from time to time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes — well me and Rich fight from time to time . |
| 2 | In the Heinkel , despite the enormous noise , Hess and Edward exchanged a few shouted words from time to time , their faces pressed close together . |
| 3 | Clean out the feeding compartment from time to time . |
| 4 | He was afflicted with a tubercular cough from time to time , and also nasal haemorrhaging . |
| 5 | He surfaces in different places from time to time : there he is at St Mary 's church in Finchley , North London , witnessing the marriage of sister Bessie and Alf Davidge in 1907 , then appearing as if from nowhere to perform the same function for Gertie and Frederick Foxwell in Norwich in 1911 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And while media attention is useful in arousing the public conscience from time to time , there is little follow-up . |
| 8 | So as far as this meeting 's concerned , erm , most of our meetings are basically business meetings , but we , we have tried and we will try to put in speakers and , and do different things from time to time , we had er , er a woman last time who 'd been to Central America recently and she gave us a very interesting talk on a visit to El Salvador and Guatamala , erm , and we , we 'd like to do that more often , but , but what we do really erm , to begin with any rate , is we go th we go through the , the headings on this sheet , on the , on the minutes , we use them as headings for others and erm , items on the agenda and er some may have more to say than others and there are one or two not on there which we 'll pop in as we go along . |
| 9 | Every conventional wet system takes in small amounts of fresh water from time to time , and these introduce a fresh supply of mineral salts , which build up as scale deposits in the boiler and the system pipework , as well as fresh oxygen , which aids further corrosion . |
| 10 | The system takes in small amounts of fresh water from time to time , and these introduce a fresh supply of mineral salts , which build up as scale deposits in the boiler and within the pipework . |
| 11 | Should take two hours to freeze and should be worked with a wooden spoon from time to time . " |
| 12 | The best known of these studies , internationally , is the now well established Values and Life Styles ( VALS ) approach pioneered by the Stamford Research Institute in California , and licensed to various European market research agencies ( in the UK , Applied Futures Ltd ) ; a number of others have been promoted by different interests from time to time , notably the Europe-wide RISC studies . |
| 13 | In the absence of a written constitution the power and duty of the judges to control the quality of the administration of justice in the courts of this country were derived largely from ancient custom subject to express mandates from time to time by the Crown , as in 1292 , and the way in which they superintended the disciplinary processes of the Inns of Court was an important feature of the way in which they performed that duty and exercised that power . |
| 14 | He is a modes man who appears genuinely bemused by the British reaction to him : ‘ I have always been impressed by British democracy and the irony is that — although I have differences with the British leaders from time to time — I sometimes feel my kind of federalism is better understood in Britain than by some of the federalists elsewhere in Europe who always cry , onwards , onwards ! ’ |
| 15 | Squatting , tossing back his black curly locks from time to time , he was chatting to his elderly accompanist : ‘ I think we should have the Bach . ’ |
| 16 | If another cat is given a much more interesting and varied diet , with a different kind of canned food each day and many other titbits , then , paradoxically , it may refuse one of its old , favourite foods from time to time . |
| 17 | At its peak in 1792 the LCS had around 800 active members with a further 5,000 attending its divisional meetings from time to time . |
| 18 | Whatever reservations there may be about individual decisions from time to time , the basic premise that most planning decisions should be taken locally has never been seriously challenged . |
| 19 | The Labour leader yesterday intoned the word ‘ socialism ’ in a purely ritualistic sense from time to time . |
| 20 | Despite ritualistic genuflections from time to time towards the value of local democracy , it was assumed that the purpose of local government was more or less consensually agreed to be the local delivery of a set of services enshrined in centrally determined statutes . |
| 21 | Confidence in the feminine within allows us to let go of the outer image from time to time . |
| 22 | A junior hacksaw : You 're likely to have to tackle some small metal-cutting jobs from time to time . |
| 23 | During week-ends I have two part-time helpers and I also have a couple of part-time helpers from time to time . |
| 24 | By imperial unification they meant at this time a federal union of Britain and the white dominions , a scheme differing little in its essentials from other schemes of imperial union which had occupied the minds of the British political classes from time to time during the latter part of the nineteenth century . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Buff with a stainless-steel polish from time to time to keep the cutlery pristine . |
| 27 | And though not a leaf or outline moved , there seemed more air , and a fresh little welcome breath from time to time near one 's skin . |
| 28 | I 'd have joined him in the Abacos if he 'd asked me , little holidays from time to time . |
| 29 | The directorate has a continual need for processed information to support decision making , to develop policy and advice for Academic Board and Governors , and to satisfy the appetite of external bodies such as DF.S , CNAA , NAB/PCFC , etc. for numerical information From time to time there is also the need for high quality information to support particular initiatives , such as the ( successful ) application for accreditation . |
| 30 | To say that human beings from time to time have sexual intercourse , and that this is because they have sexual instincts , is as circular as the argument about hunger . |