Example sentences of "[adj] time and time again " in BNC.
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1 | Its beauty was timeless and wonderful , dwarfing her irrelevant appraisal of it , spinning threads of enchantment which drew people back time and time again . |
2 | It 's agreed that we should be looking at improving the standard in D risk areas etc etc etc etc but we should have a higher level of cover , not putting anybody into a suffering situation , quite the reverse that we would have an improved level of of cover within the County and the Chief Officer he 's said this time and time again . |
3 | From these studies , preferably repeated time and time again , we then put results together and look for links between findings and for broader generalizations . |
4 | The Tests themselves have been carefully scrutinized for balance and consistency to ensure they are reliable time and time again . |
5 | Horses kept in isolation , often the fate of colts after weaning , frequently display the inappropriate behaviour and high anxiety which is demonstrated time and time again in laboratory animals reared in impoverished environments with reduced mental and sensory stimulation . |
6 | Also , blotting paper is fairly costly to buy so it is much more economical to use it for pressing time and time again . |
7 | Often problems seem intractable because the same solutions are tried time and time again without success , whereas what is needed is a new approach and fresh thinking . |
8 | Following the Suppression , mill sites came into other hands , many being re-used time and time again . |
9 | In most research studies of bereaved people it is recorded time and time again that , so long as the people involved have somewhere to go and someone to talk to about this major loss in their life , then they may well cope . |
10 | We know that the Trojan War , you know erm , what 's described in the Iliad and the Odyssey to the kiddies and er all these Greek and Greek heroes , we know that war actually happened , but it happened an awful long time before these poems were written and er Freud 's view is that what happens in a culture is there 's some initial traumatic event like the French Revolution or Trojan War , there 's a period of latency during which it seems to be forgotten about and nothing very much happens anyway , and then at a later stage it comes back again , there 's a return of a repressed and er Freud erm Freud quotes one or two other examples , er of the same kind of thing and Mike 's example is a very good one albeit er perhaps it 's good because it 's so recent , so the point you 're making Mike is that are you saying that Freud 's analogy is , is credible where French history and even industrial relations is concerned that there was a trauma , the Revolution of seventeen eighty nine , there were latency periods and then this kept coming back from the repressed time and time again ? |
11 | If you are looking for a Christmas present that saves money , is good for the environment and can be used time and time again , Ever Ready has the perfect present — the new FCH6 battery charger . |
12 | For anyone who does a lot of knitting , the initial time spent learning how to use the program will be more than compensated for , because once you have saved your work on to disk , the same garment shape and / or stitch pattern can be used time and time again . |
13 | It 's an excuse used time and time again that we ca n't do anything because it would be blown up . |
14 | Programs such as this are an invaluable source of information and can be used time and time again . |
15 | I always looked hopefully for grandmas after that , and I must say that this theory proved right time and time again . |
16 | I 've asked myself that time and time again . |
17 | They really must realise that time and time again being equivocal on defence when you 're on the left of centre means that voters somehow do n't vote for you , and I think they 've had to learn this lesson yet again and I only hope that by the er December elections in West Germany the Social Democratic Party who I 've got a great deal of er sympathy for on most social issues will be firm and clear about a united Germany not being neutral and within NATO . |
18 | Although repulsed time and time again , Skarsnik 's power continues to grow even today , and his grip over the mountains around Karak Eight Peaks is just as tight . |