Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT is high time that we stopped this charade of swearing allegiance to the Queen and her heirs and successors because we do not know from time to time who they are . |
| 2 | You should think of time as a resource and , like any resource , it can be squandered or utilised in an effective and efficient manner . |
| 3 | For him , Bridgnorth would always be associated with the antics of a ghost that obviously liked railway engines and would appear from time to time to warn of impending accidents . |
| 4 | New ideas do , however , appear from time to time . |
| 5 | They would appear from time to time and taunt the old couple , reminding them of their past lives and the failures or mistakes which had brought them to the castle ( though never detailing them — neither Quiss nor Ajayi knew what the other had done to justify sending them here . |
| 6 | But good news for birthday boys and girls — the popular Birthday File will still appear from time to time . |
| 7 | Would it clear in time for the band concert this afternoon ? |
| 8 | The psychiatrist was called Mr Rose and was , as far as Marcus could remember from time to time , medium in height , medium brown in colouring and with a medium tenor voice when he spoke , which was infrequently . |
| 9 | Unless the mutation has become established , it is extremely rare for such forms to be found in the wild , although they must occur from time to time . |
| 10 | The list is comprehensive and correct at the time of publication , but additions and deletions may occur from time to time . |
| 11 | In general Keynesians recognized that changes in W could occur from time to time , but the factors influencing these changes were extrinsic to the equations of the income-expenditure model . |
| 12 | No attempt should be made to use monetary policy to offset any disturbances which may occur from time to time . |
| 13 | There was little effort at first to study how the ecological balance could shift through time as the result of evolution . |
| 14 | The driver can not react in time to the child running unexpectedly into the street . |
| 15 | Do you pause from time to time to thank God for the hundred and one tiny joys that make up each day ? |
| 16 | In only 13 days , Nijinsky 's shattered nerves could not recover in time for the Champion Stakes . |
| 17 | Despite valiant efforts by our physiotherapists , my hamstring did not recover in time for the 200 metres . |
| 18 | Steve McManaman has calf trouble , but Souness is hopeful he will recover in time for tomorrow night . |
| 19 | I hoped that Archie would recover in time for his first night on duty . |
| 20 | He told Anne Ridler some time later that such a success almost prompted him to believe that the poem was not very good , although no doubt he was being partly ironic : he was , at least , demonstrating the " usefulness " which a poet might possess in time of war . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not sure , but from things he let drop from time to time I think there probably was . |
| 22 | But seriously , vacancies will arise from time to time in all areas within the company . |
| 23 | There are other arguments that have been made along the same general lines , to the effect that to capture regular processes ( e.g. syntactic regularities ) one must refer to pragmatic concepts ( see e.g. Ross , 1975 ) , arguments that will arise from time to time in the Chapters below . |
| 24 | Doctors from the hospital told the coroner that although it was ’ highly unusual ’ for such a thing to occur , such complications did arise from time to time . |
| 25 | Although it has tended during its fairly-long aquarium history to virtually disappear from time to time , it is currently fairly commonly available , so this seems a good time to take a detailed look at this fish and its requirements . |
| 26 | Each official will apply for time off their me members that they wish to attend . |
| 27 | Any thoughtful linguist must wonder from time to time if such a legacy can have been shaken off completely in the relatively short time during which scientific linguistics has existed . |
| 28 | I never established anything like a friendship with him , but our paths did cross from time to time . |
| 29 | In education , as in other disciplines , bodies of opinion may develop from time to time which present an unusually sharp challenge to accepted wisdom . |
| 30 | The following three forms of rates of interest may be regarded as suitable for use where it is envisaged that the rate of interest should fluctuate from time to time according to market rates : |