Example sentences of "but from time to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rational arguments and the need for money may keep it submerged but from time to time it is so inflamed that it can no longer be suppressed . |
| 2 | For these reasons — their pattern of settlement , the ease , low cost and low risk of meeting obligations — Zuwaya were able to still think of themselves as nomads : they were wrong , but from time to time they could and did regard some of their social arrangements as unchanging , inert . |
| 3 | Then there would be silence , but from time to time I should receive a ‘ chit ’ from regimental HQ to say that all was well . |
| 4 | But from time to time there have been cases where ministers , or more often officials , decide that listing is undesirable for what are , frankly , purely political grounds . |
| 5 | Miss Young was Ian 's teacher , not mine , but from time to time she used to read to our class ; and I was always captivated by her stories . |
| 6 | Again the appellant failed to carry out his part of the bargain , but from time to time he extracted money from Mr. Hughes against the claim that returns had been made , and various work had been done . |
| 7 | One did not see uniformed members of the Partito Nazionale Fascista walking about the streets every day , but from time to time there were parades in which they could easily be identified . |
| 8 | The surface winds are fairly light , but from time to time can raise dust . |
| 9 | But from time to time sinister relics from the past still turn up . |
| 10 | ‘ But from time to time it has been right to reconsider its detailed application . |