Example sentences of "[noun sg] from [noun] to time [subord] " in BNC.

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1 The other departments will inevitably come into conflict with marketing from time to time because the latter 's need to satisfy customers requires an adaptability that does not fit into their drive for efficiency of operations .
2 She works in the bookshop from time to time cos she 's only got the two has n't she , Robin and Stephan .
3 Such a calculation is not a perfect one , and there is bound to be a failure from time to time if you are really trying to achieve that objective .
4 Does the Minister accept that patients , irrespective of age group , should not have to undergo prolonged suffering , being fobbed off with medication from time to time when cardiac surgery is necessary ?
5 The will contained a direction for the trustees , out of the net income of the proportionate share of the estate held in trust for any child , to make such provision from time to time as they in their uncontrolled discretion might think necessary or advisable for the suitable maintenance and education of such a child .
6 The monitoring should be open to internal criticism and external assessment from time to time if this is agreed on .
7 Ashton , too , has made vivid use of occupational gesture from time to time as , for example , when his ‘ Swiss Miss ’ milks her cow with the help of the three boys in Façade .
8 The brutish , uncaring nature of the staff was conveyed as almost an inevitable necessity brought about by the institutionalisation of working in such a place ; just as the public will accept that prison warders will overstep the line from time to time because of the people they are dealing with .
9 Part of the procedure is to re-present the image from time to time as its shape becomes clearer : ‘ In the days of Arab government Zuwaya distributed tax revenues to household heads , so that there should be no treasury ; and you did this ; and you did that …
10 There has been the occasional quickening of the establishment pulse from time to time when one in line to succeed to the Crown has seemed to develop too intense an interest in a Roman Catholic but despite that , the anticipated line of succession has been perfectly followed subject to only one scandalous disruption when Edward VIII preferred to marry a divorcee to retaining the monarchy .
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