Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] time [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are three bedrooms for visitors all with private bathrooms and individual character — one has an iron-framed antique rose-painted four-poster bed with lace hangings and a Victorian screen , another has oak beams and a closet ( now a shower ) where priests are reputed to have hidden during times of persecution . |
| 2 | Their labour histories consist of periods of work interspersed with times of unemployment , underemployment or black-economy jobs . |
| 3 | Circumstances in which overtime may be used should be identified , together with a list of staff who have agreed to be approached in time of need . |
| 4 | At first their mother 's sister had come from time to time but she and Moran had quarrelled . |
| 5 | Although the commitment to religion was stressed from time to time , often in response to the charge of militarism , the CLB always seemed to emphasize matters of social discipline and conformity . |
| 6 | Some members like to come back to Bristol for social events like the Alumni Foundation concerts or the sports reunions which are organised from time to time . |
| 7 | Poised to begin his ‘ real work ’ as a missionary among the wretched of the earth , a holy man at last , he is paralleled in time with Tolstoy . |
| 8 | As to the first question it is clear that views as to the availability and scope of certiorari together with its actual use have varied from time to time . |
| 9 | ( 2 ) For the purposes of this section : ( a ) " special road " and " special road authority " have the same meanings as in the Roads ( Scotland ) Act 1984 and ( b ) " class I " means class 1 in Schedule 3 to the Act , as varied from time to time by any order under section 8 of that Act , but , if that Schedule is amended by such an order so as to add to it a further class of traffic , the order may adapt the reference in this section to traffic of class 1 so as to take account of the additional class . |
| 10 | In addition , it is supplemented from time to time by statements of practice or policy issued by the Panel . |
| 11 | A journal publishing the new material which had been added from time to time to the machine-readable text . |
| 12 | Keen Hunter defends his Abbaye crown and the rain has come in time for John Gosden 's flier . |
| 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 | The professor will be a member ex officio of the committee , and will be expected from time to time to hold offices such as that of Chairman of the Committee or Director of Graduate Studies , and in due course to assume the duties of professor in charge of the Institute , which are customarily rotated by arrangement . |
| 15 | Vagrant birds of South American origin are reported from time to time on the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands ; their presence indicates repeated possibilities for colonization , but they invariably disappear quickly . |
| 16 | Nicholas , who is living with his family in a tiny flat , hopes the damage will be repaired in time for Christmas . |
| 17 | I met R. D. Case afterwards — he was on the Westminster Gazette at that time — and he told me that Stanford was so drunk that he 'd almost fallen into the gravel Apparently he 'd just been caught in time by George Watson-Forbes , who later wrote a remarkable series of articles in the Daily News on the Home Rule question . ’ |
| 18 | The scheme may well now be complete , but revision is recommended from time to time and thought must be given as to how this might be achieved . |
| 19 | Although these troubles occurred in the city , foreigners were also attacked at times of peasant rioting when the rebels came to London , so it is clear that there were some sentiments which were shared by townsmen and countrymen alike . |
| 20 | Admittedly the main duty of this force — if we may call it that — was ceremonial , but at a time when many of their contemporaries were off fighting in a real war , they must have looked at times like extras from a pantomime . |
| 21 | The doctrine of precedent restrains tribunals and the trial judges in the county courts and in the High Court from digressing into frolics of legal innovation , but even the trial judge will be presented from time to time with issues upon which there are no binding precedents . |
| 22 | You will probably be visited from time to time , and in some areas you will get practical help such as toy kits , toy libraries , first aid kits and safety equipment on loan . |
| 23 | Moreover , whatever your age , circumstances and financial resources , taking stock is something which must be done from time to time — it is the first step in making decisions . |
| 24 | The three departments , however , do use official statistics in the detailed studies which are done from time to time on a one-off basis . |
| 25 | I am convinced that zander often shoal up or gather in great numbers when they are not hunting and to come across one of these occurrences as I have done from time to time is an unbelievably exciting experience . |
| 26 | There is nothing to stop the parties agreeing , after a dispute has arisen , to refer their dispute to an expert for his determination , and this is done from time to time , in the same way as arbitration agreements . |
| 27 | The one I have chosen is this — brief , informal letters , written from time to time as our work proceeds , in a plain , straightforward style , as it might be to a friend . |
| 28 | Although a handful of poems were written in times of solitude or loneliness , the great bulk of her poetry was written for Freemantle or for other friends . |
| 29 | The parents separated from time to time and the father also served a prison sentence . |
| 30 | Heavy reclamation walls were built from time to time as the docks were extended seawards and today , the dock estate lies entirely on land reclaimed from the foreshore . |