Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] [noun] [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 People do not build resistance to tetanus with time or age .
2 Wilson ( 1991 ) argues that in reality most old people can live well and independently with properly targeted inputs of help at times of crisis or illness .
3 Er unfortunately one has cases from time to time on girls of this age who set out to entice men .
4 As enforcement of water pollution regulations places demands on polluters of time , manpower , and money , one of the basic premises informing routine pollution control work is the assumption that every discharger has a substantial economic incentive to evade enforcement : ‘ Everyone will try to get out of it , or say it was n't them . ’
5 The B.C. Electric Co. sponsored a broadcast series of symphony concerts making use of famous conductors who visited Vancouver from time to time .
6 Sheep-shearers and stock-keepers had also descended on the plains to take advantage of the excellent grazing , and provided Gould with company from time to time on his journey .
7 We visited Edinburgh from time to time and one evening were invited by the Queen to a dance at Holyrood House .
8 The view that the Lord 's Day is essentially the Jewish Sabbath — a ‘ taboo ’ day — transferred from the seventh to the first day of the week found expression from time to time in medieval law and theology .
9 Even if firms were completely market orientated , they would still make errors of judgement from time to time .
10 As a part of that we intend to arrange excursions from time to time , and there will be winter lectures .
11 The nurse will know that her situation will present conflict from time to time , but that this is recognised .
12 He had seen Hugo from time to time in the intervening years ; he knew from Hugo 's cousin Christian that his former tutor had fallen on hard times .
13 I receive representations from time to time about various aspects of the home improvement grants scheme and its operation ; in the main those concern individual cases .
14 Such a simple view can not accommodate increases in fertility at times when contraceptive knowledge and technique were generally increasing , as in the late 1930s and the post-war baby boom .
15 In County Durham police officers at Bishop Auckland , Darlington , Chester-le-Street and Consett have all been required to guard convicts from time to time .
16 In them , the police were not shot at by gunmen as in the home districts of the Provisional IRA , On the contrary , they were not only welcome , but received deputations from residents from time to time imploring them ‘ to take the gangsters off our backs ’ .
17 The depredations of the crown of thorns ( together with those of hurricanes ) may promote diversity , by forcing areas of reef from time to time to begin all over again .
18 ‘ We also take in paying guests from time to time , ’ said Ernest awkwardly .
19 Despite problems of classification , it is important to gauge changes in GDFCF through time , both in total , and by sector and type of asset .
20 Children 's bikes are also available , but please specify age of child at time of booking as these are subject to availability .
21 Life was not all work and no play for women any more than for men ; even if they had chores to do at home , the women compositors — who almost by definition young and/or unmarried — had the chance to escape duty for pleasure from time to time .
22 It is important to address an audience directly , using eye-contact , speaking to all sections of the room , and changing speech rhythms and levels to maintain attention , as well as adding touches of lightness from time to time , in the form of humour .
23 Example 1:1 Definitions clause for business lease ( 1 ) The following definitions apply : " Act " means an Act of Parliament whenever passed and a reference to a specific Act includes any legislation amending or replacing it or made under it " Approved " means approved in writing by the Landlord " Consent " means the Landlord 's written consent " Insured Risks " means the risks covered by the policy of insurance arranged by the Landlord to include ( subject to cover being available on reasonable terms ) loss or damage by fire storm tempest flood earthquake aircraft and articles dropped from them riot or civil commotion malicious damage impact bursting and overflowing of pipes tanks and other apparatus and any other risks insured against by the Landlord " Landlord " includes the successors in title of the original landlord and where there is a superior landlord includes him as well " Last Year " means the period of twelve months ending on the Termination of the Term " Legislation " means any regulation or directive of the European Community , any Act and any subordinate legislation made under or by virtue of them " Notice " means written notice " Tenant " includes the successors in title of the original tenant " Term " includes both the term expressly granted by this Lease and also any statutory continuation of it " Termination of the Term " includes termination by effluxion of time , notice , forfeiture , surrender , disclaimer or any other means ( 2 ) Where a party consists of two or more persons the obligations of that party are joint and several ( 3 ) Any covenant by the tenant not to do something includes a covenant not to permit or suffer that thing to be done ( 4 ) All payments to be made by the tenant are exclusive of VAT
24 There is evidence to suggest that young swains showed interest from time to time but were probably defeated by lack of time and opportunity on the one hand and by Hannah 's shy , reserved nature on the other .
25 His story is that the Jews had difficulty in getting corn from Egypt in times of famine , and Antiochus IV made war on Egypt to help his Jewish subjects .
26 Butchers who regularly received stolen cattle benefited , as did consumers who were able to buy cattle cheaply and peasants who killed cattle for food at times of hardship .
27 A clause which merely imposes on the parties an obligation to renegotiate prices from time to time , once an initial period has elapsed , will simply turn the agreement , on the lapse of the initial period , into an agreement to agree , which is then void for uncertainty .
28 It is not enough to think of a murder and who committed it and why what is not immediately obvious , and then to take some setting that seems interesting and simply introduce chunks of description from time to time .
29 Blackstone and Plowden ( 1988 ) argue that the government was wrong to abandon CPRS and the PAR procedures , which provided the means to reassess programmes in depth from time to time .
30 In addition , repeated exposure to violence over time can desensitize or dull a child to the effects of aggression and the signs of pain in others .
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