Example sentences of "[to-vb] from time to time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The modern modification of representative democracy is therefore to see the public as being allowed to choose from time to time between two or more broad political programmes , and being able to reject a party that has failed to carry out its promises . |
| 2 | Christians need to reflect from time to time on their faith , knowing that it is easy to be distracted from their calling to be disciples . |
| 3 | That meant that Macedon had to flirt from time to time with Sparta or whoever looked the strongest counterweight to Athens after Persia had recoiled from the Aegean in the mid-fifth century . |
| 4 | The professor will be qualified for election as an official member of the board of the faculty ( which has final authority over the proceedings of its sub-faculties ) , and will be expected to serve from time to time on the various standing and ad hoc committees appointed by the board . |
| 5 | There is , however , a video of his performance which he is encouraged to play from time to time by his two children . |
| 6 | If we are to persist in the assertion of absolute sovereignty for whatever body happens to sit from time to time at Westminster , the answer must be affirmative . |
| 7 | And , as I hope to demonstrate from time to time in later chapters , it is as legitimate to utilize Lévi-Straussian notions where these seem appropriate and fruitful as it is to derive inspiration from Freud — without necessarily being a dogmatic , doctrinaire Freudian . |
| 8 | Even this pleasure was rendered impure , since , as we had no heating in our bedrooms , we were forced into the family sitting-room , and felt , out of courtesy , obliged to join from time to time in the general conversation — a pursuit not very rewarding to either party . |
| 9 | The flight burns up energy , and the hummingbird has to stop from time to time during its journey , to defend a territory and re-fuel . |