Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [noun] to [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet these matters , it has been suggested , lie deep — indeed , unutterably deep — in every American psyche ; and it is good that from time to time the unutterable be uttered — it is , one might say , one of the things that we look to poets for . |
| 2 | And I suspect also that from time to time the director feels that he has to placate the more hard-nosed and less imaginative of his many paymasters by producing something that could be regarded as promoting trade . |
| 3 | Against this background it is not surprising that from time to time the relationship is productive of misunderstandings , mistrust and conflict . |
| 4 | The idea came from old Mrs Ferrar , who proposed that from time to time the family should confer on some subject which should ‘ tend either to the information or to the excitement of the affections ’ . |
| 5 | Of course , I am delighted that from time to time the Garda find some of it . |
| 6 | Personally , I am much encouraged that in response to pressure the Bill was amended to make it flexible enough to accommodate pupils ' special educational needs . |
| 7 | This openness also showed that in relation to science the consultative process revealed massive support for the working party 's view on the time to be devoted to science and on the position of balanced science but that the Council , with some reluctance , made recommendations in accordance with the Secretary of State 's different view . |
| 8 | 4.33 Similarly , when lost earnings have meant that on return to work the plaintiff is free of tax for a period , having fallen below the level of earnings on which tax is payable , the tax that he has escaped during that period is a compensatory gain that must be taken into account in the assessment of his lost earnings ( Brayson v Wilmot-Breedon [ 1976 ] CLY 682 ) . |
| 9 | And from time to time the moon dulled even further as thin wracks of cloud and then denser masses passed across its face . |
| 10 | Between 1981 and 1985 , more stringent controls were placed upon local government finance , and from time to time the government renewed its efforts to interest the private sector in the inner cities . |
| 11 | You can join by contacting the Law Society in London , and from time to time the Law Society arranges national media campaigns and an annual insertion in the local Yellow Pages to which you can subscribe . |
| 12 | Paige could hear him talking to the pilot , and from time to time the sound of their combined laughter . |
| 13 | There was a vigorous black-market , and from time to time the authorities had to cajole citizens to cease hoarding gold . |
| 14 | Though from time to time the editorial columns of both Uhuru and the Nationalist called for the Government to take the paper over , and a few MPs supported them , the Standard was not nationalized until February 1970 . |