Example sentences of "[noun pl] from time to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must , of course , take calculated risks from time to time to achieve objectives which they perceive to be right but not universally popular . |
| 2 | The Lord has won a victory over my feelings in this area although there are still skirmishes from time to time ! |
| 3 | The Commission issues guidelines from time to time on its views on appreciability . |
| 4 | Obviously she 'd have to go out to the shops from time to time , but she 'd had her hair dyed black on the Saturday , bought a new winter coat and a large pair of dark glasses . |
| 5 | I walked partway along the trail , closing my eyes from time to time , imagining myself blind , unable to see . |
| 6 | The Allied guns behind us sent a few shells rushing over our heads from time to time . |
| 7 | An unfortunate accident in the solvent plant , a fire in the warehouse , a large-scale burglary , the loss of a key client , some bad publicity over a defective product , an unexpected but substantial price increase on raw materials can all present a crisis to a company , and most companies have such crises from time to time . |
| 8 | Even asset-strippers had to relax and pursue a few hobbies from time to time … |
| 9 | In the Heinkel , despite the enormous noise , Hess and Edward exchanged a few shouted words from time to time , their faces pressed close together . |
| 10 | The easier alternative for video is to record the scene as a two-shot ( page 73 ) , the static nature of which can be relieved by discreetly zooming in and panning between the two speakers from time to time and then zooming back to the two-shot . |
| 11 | This suggests that a fusion of languages is taking place which can not be explained simply by an appeal to the notion that speakers from time to time animate different personas , some " British " and some " Caribbean " . |
| 12 | She did n't feel him bathe her forehead or moisten her lips from time to time . |
| 13 | The agreement provided for the price of the petrol ‘ to be agreed by the parties from time to time ’ and failing agreement to be settled by arbitration . |
| 14 | Indeed the " United Front " was further restricted by an NAC decision on 16 February " to limit co-operation with the Communist Party to specific objects as agreed upon by the representatives of the two parties from time to time " . |
| 15 | Be that as it may , the judges assumed this duty in 1292 and there are dicta from time to time in the succeeding centuries that it is one they have no power to give up . |
| 16 | In the semi-darkness the houses around the village and the church in the centre of the green stood out like monuments with their shadows changing their shapes from time to time as a cloud obscured part of the moon . |
| 17 | Horrible scraping noises from time to time . |
| 18 | William Thwaite was paid for repairing underground shoes from time to time . |
| 19 | As a part of that we intend to arrange excursions from time to time , and there will be winter lectures . |
| 20 | Alf and Bessie lived in Cricklewood , and would receive visits from time to time from Bessie 's sister Minnie who , having worked alongside her father at Curry Rivel School for a while , later became headmistress of a similar but smaller establishment in Newton St Loe , Somerset . |
| 21 | Saga too does excellent investment , income tax and insurance articles from time to time . |
| 22 | Janet , erm , obviously we 'd examine your circumstances from time to time , erm , but er , there are obviously perhaps areas that concern you . |
| 23 | The local authorities are expected to assess and identify the combination of services that best suits the needs and circumstances of an individual , and to monitor the quality of care provided and to review matters from time to time . |
| 24 | I have explained some of the ways of getting to know members of the media and why it is important to have relationships with them within that framework , you must build a portfolio of individual contacts in the media world with whom you liaise , send material and can give special items and ideas from time to time . |
| 25 | The house surgeon received £3.3s.0d. for attending a coroner 's inquest on a patient who had died in the infirmary , and Samuel Whitbread , in his capacity as magistrate , exacted contributions from time to time : in August 1813 , for example , the infirmary funds benefited by £10 which had been received from John Schoner and William Edwards ‘ paid in atonement to stay of prosecution for disturbing the Methodist meeting at Biggleswade during Divine Service ’ . |
| 26 | You and your fellow physicists should look out from your ivory towers from time to time . |
| 27 | ‘ We also take in paying guests from time to time , ’ said Ernest awkwardly . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | They also run evening classes from time to time , specialising in a particular aspect of Machine Knitting . |
| 30 | 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 . |