Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun sg] from time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oliver likes to pretend he knows what I do , and chucks out the odd word from time to time to sound authoritative . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd just make the odd suggestion from time to time , ’ says Freddie . |
| 3 | Clean out the feeding compartment from time to time . |
| 4 | ‘ From now on , the infant will be reared as I explained , and not for at least twenty years will we be able to report in much detail on the results of our investigations , although preliminary papers will be published in the professional press from time to time . |
| 5 | And while media attention is useful in arousing the public conscience from time to time , there is little follow-up . |
| 6 | Confidence in the feminine within allows us to let go of the outer image from time to time . |
| 7 | The headship of the amalgamated department will be assigned by the Hebdomadal Council from time to time for specified periods of not less than five years to one of the persons holding an established academic post in the department , normally with the title of professor or reader . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It may even be morally permissible to kill the child ; but the criminal law neither now nor in the future will countenance this , though it may look the other way from time to time . |
| 10 | Both his father and his grandfather Moses Harris [ q.v. ] were artists ; the younger John Harris exhibited at the Royal Academy from time to time between 1810 and 1834 . |
| 11 | Readers must be warned that it has been the practice of governments in recent years to alter the departmental structure from time to time , ostensibly in an effort to find the best possible framework for policy co-ordination , but — it may be suggested — with less elevated political motives in mind too . |
| 12 | He liked a little help from time to time . |
| 13 | Should take two hours to freeze and should be worked with a wooden spoon from time to time . " |
| 14 | He was afflicted with a tubercular cough from time to time , and also nasal haemorrhaging . |
| 15 | Buff with a stainless-steel polish from time to time to keep the cutlery pristine . |
| 16 | It can be done , though it involves going into a little detail from time to time about points of central importance , and it needs simplifications which trouble an author 's respect for exact truth and may appal an unsympathetic expert . |
| 17 | As in Babylonia , this calendar was adapted to the sun by intercalating a thirteenth month from time to time , but this was left to local officials in the different cities to decide , and they did this individually and arbitrarily . |
| 18 | A droll comment from time to time enlivens the dry information that fills most of the pages of a typical register . |