Example sentences of "[prep] time to [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From time to time however there were vivid flashes of US policy-making which suggested that Indo-China was regarded as a means to an end , rather than an end in itself ; and those of a philosophical disposition may see this as the flaw which turned idealism into tragedy . |
| 2 | The princes were seen from time to time when , with a strong guard , they rode through the streets of the City . |
| 3 | Though flowers may more often be purple than blue , it makes sense to try blue coloured objects from time to time rather than to concentrate exclusively on purple . |
| 4 | From time to time however we are brought to a halt by different interpretations of ‘ the same text ’ . |
| 5 | Centuries before the first holidaymakers stepped on to the county 's beaches , men were hewing hard rock , deep underground , to extract the ores that brought wealth , and from time to time even political influence , to their remote , windswept peninsula . |
| 6 | He would become irate and irrational , shouting at Caroline and me and from time to time even at the nurses , who were patient and sweet and had done nothing to deserve it . |
| 7 | 4.3.3 The other Non-academic Parties agree to provide to the Lead Organization , or direct to the Secretary of State , as may be most convenient a copy of their respective latest audited accounts , unless previously provided , together with such other financial and technical information as the Secretary of State may from time to time properly require in relation to the procedures governing claims for payment . |
| 8 | Other water-loving species turned up here from time to time also — Mimulus and forget-me-not and Water Speedwell . |
| 9 | So they need fresh enemies ordered up from time to time just to keep their chins jutting . |
| 10 | 7.3.1 in such substantial and reputable insurance office or with such underwriters and through such agency as the Landlord may from time to time reasonably decide in each case with principal offices in the United Kingdom |
| 11 | Not handsome , but nice-looking in a way I had usually rather deprecated , if not despised : not the lean and craggy looks that I had always admired , but a blunt-featured face with a wide mouth , dark eyes tilted slightly down at the outer corners , and an untidy thatch of brown hair of which a couple of locks fell over a broad forehead , and were from time to time irritably brushed back . |
| 12 | Specificity or the degree of specificity of indexing , must be established during planning for the index and reviewed from time to time thereafter . |
| 13 | The spirit had been caught from time to time long before and by the same crossing of Italian sweetness with Netherland technique , for instance in Josquin 's ‘ Pange lingua ’ Mass ( see pp. 1767 ) , but in Palestrina and Victoria it is all-pervading , incantatory , the ideal music of mystical faith , totally purged of human emotion ( except occasionally in their motets ) and of human vanity — except the vanity of performers who ( we learn with a shock from Giovanni Bassano 's Motetti , Madrigali el Canzoni Francese di diversi eccellentissimi Auttori … |
| 14 | Fixed-sum and running-account creditThis is the distinction between a hire purchase agreement for a fixed amount ( s10 ( b ) ) and a credit card agreement where the debtor enjoys a credit facility that he can draw upon from time to time often subject to a credit limit ( s10 ( a ) ) . |
| 15 | And these things move from time to time as well of course |
| 16 | If you ca n't hear me at the back because my voice drops from time to time then shout away because I 'm not always aware of how well it carries . |
| 17 | The royals take an obscure pride in their penny-pinching , details of which are leaked to the press from time to time so as to suggest that they are , in fact , just like us . |
| 18 | They wear these muzzles from time to time so that they become accustomed to the restrictions imposed upon them . |
| 19 | At its simplest the didactic element is shown in the way action is halted from time to time so that the author can explain , in plain , precise detail , a point of navigation , ship 's structure or deck organisation . |
| 20 | It has always been my belief that a class of our type needs to review its rules from time to time so as not to become outdated . |
| 21 | Indeed fashions in specifying cause of death change from time to time so that the entry may even depend on when the doctor was trained ! |
| 22 | He glanced from time to time out of the window , as if to see what was happening down at the jetty . |
| 23 | Husband and wife kept up their own conversation , turning to the elderly lady from time to time only to offer her another cup of tea or a cake . |
| 24 | In any event , on this picture , he was from time to time spectacularly taken with a seizure of one kind or another . ’ |
| 25 | I know how busy they are when I come off the road off a night , and I know busy because they are before I go out on a morning , and erm , it seems like they 're never likely to get stuck from time to time though . |