Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun] [prep] time [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The scope of their kinship networks is smaller , but just as significant because they provide help in times of hardship .
2 I receive representations from time to time about various aspects of the home improvement grants scheme and its operation ; in the main those concern individual cases .
3 There is a very large and sophisticated literature on the various measures that could be used to summarize economic inequality and make comparisons over time within one country and between countries ( see Sen 1973 and Jenkins 1991 ) .
4 They would have to honour their homework commitments and take part from time to time in residential field trips and work experience courses .
5 Ad hoc alliances of green organizations take place from time to time , and at the end of 1988 Greenpeace , Friends of the Earth and the World Wide Fund for Nature jointly threw down a ‘ green gauntlet ’ to the government , urging it to turn propaganda about the environment into action .
6 In contrast to peoples who believe that their communities have existence through time through rules of corporation , the Piaroa do not understand ‘ community ’ and the relationships of which it is comprised as a political given that allows for continuity through time .
7 I have difficulty from time to time in persuading some of my colleagues to believe that a boy not yet 21 could amass so much experience in such a short time ; he had completed two tours and looked like completing a third .
8 I spend hours of time with my engineers , briefing , de-briefing , briefing again .
9 All plans need revision from time to time and difficulties arise in reading the networks after several such changes .
10 All plans need revision from time to time and difficulties arise in reading the networks after several such changes .
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