Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] from time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the commitment to religion was stressed from time to time , often in response to the charge of militarism , the CLB always seemed to emphasize matters of social discipline and conformity . |
| 2 | He was initially sentenced to three months in jail ; the period was renewed from time to time until 1672 . |
| 3 | No new members of the board were elected , though the odd family friend was co-opted from time to time . |
| 4 | In order to prevent the seasons getting out of phase , a thirteenth month was inserted from time to time , but there was no regular system for the intercalation of this additional month until the fifth century BC , when seven of these months began to be inserted at fixed intervals in a cycle of nineteen years . |
| 5 | Lyell saw each biogeographical province as a ‘ centre of creation ’ where new species typical of that province were created from time to time , spreading out from the centre to occupy as much territory as they could . |
| 6 | They would ask me how the training was going from time to time and this interest spurred me on . |
| 7 | The Director-General 's Newsletter was published from time to time as a further means of membership communication . |