Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] from time to time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The romantic-lyrical ballad style of twentieth-century Tin Pan Alley clings stubbornly to its role in the representation of gender relations within the norms set by the stereotype of the bourgeois couple , despite attempts made from time to time to move it into new patterns with new meanings . |
| 2 | In its early days , the ERM allowed weak currencies to devalue from time to time . |
| 3 | The warning voices raised from time to time in the journal appear to have been in the minority . |
| 4 | her lips moving from time to time |
| 5 | The parents separated from time to time and the father also served a prison sentence . |
| 6 | Administrators meet from time to time . |
| 7 | ‘ Two Priests up the Jungle ’ ( which is what Old Fish Sparks sings from time to time to the tune of Red Sails in the Sunset ) — sure , but it 's about the sort of conflict running through human life in every time and every civilization . |
| 8 | Until the mid or even the late 1950s these comparisons were made mainly in a discrete way in the belief that advantages shifted from time to time between one country and another [ Postan , 1967 ] . |
| 9 | Does the right hon. Gentleman realise that , contrary to statements made from time to time by Northern Ireland Ministers , the administration of justice in Northern Ireland is signally failing to do that ? |
| 10 | Wounded were being carried through the trees to the shelter of the farm buildings , the medics stopping from time to time to rest , then continued quickly on their way . |
| 11 | Dinosaurs were , in fact , a serial species , dying off in relays , sometimes even with ‘ new , improved ’ versions emerging from time to time . |
| 12 | But virtue needs rewarding from time to time … |
| 13 | General Portfolio B P Pitney Bowes over the years have from time to time provided us with funding |
| 14 | How he chose to exercise those rights differed from time to time and from province to province . |
| 15 | And these things move from time to time as well of course |
| 16 | Far more than a ‘ companion ’ to the Hornblower novels , clarifying and extending the historical background and arranging the events of the hero 's life in chronological order instead of in the irregular order imposed on readers by the dates of publication of the books , Parkinson 's book is related in intention , though not in style and tone , to the amiable pamphlets published from time to time summarising the relationships and activities of the fictional inhabitants of Coronation Street . |
| 17 | The rate of interest on loans recommended from time to time by the Building Societies ' Association ( which is at present 11 per cent ) . |
| 18 | Let's think about the unsuccessful hospitals and , possibly more to the point , the unsuccessful ventures undertaken from time to time by otherwise efficient units . |
| 19 | It causes ‘ thrush ’ , which is an infection of mucous membranes occurring from time to time in young children , characterized by white patches developing in the mouth . |
| 20 | " In the majority of cases the metal concerned had sufficient strength to resist the considerable forces deployed from time to time . " |
| 21 | These assets change from time to time in the ordinary course of business . |
| 22 | Some fees change from time to time : an account of fees at the time of going to press might be misleading . |
| 23 | An evening with a breeze ; I could see movement in the bracken that edged the track , and cloud-shadows moved from time to time over the sea-pinks . |
| 24 | There are , of course , many more rasboras seen from time to time , and this article has concentrated on the more popular species commonly available . |
| 25 | The demands arise from the particular tasks that lexicographers undertake from time to time , and are predictable only in overall terms . |
| 26 | The rates appropriate to these allowances vary from time to time , but the councillor will be informed of any change by the Council 's Chief Financial Officer . |
| 27 | ‘ The enormity of the figures describing zero-point energy has led theorists to question from time to time whether these numbers should be taken seriously , or whether they are due to some defect or misinterpretation of the theory . |
| 28 | Many organisations will have important " one-off " industrial relations issues arising from time to time which are suitable for a similar approach . |
| 29 | He was only too conscious that he had nothing really to do : his hands strayed from time to time above his freckled face to adjust his headgear . |
| 30 | ‘ our paths cross from time to time , when we have a client in common . |