Example sentences of "time to time [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From time to time decorative work was needed : railings , weather vanes , iron gates or scroll work . |
| 2 | From time to time one of the team got to his feet , went over to a neat pile of mortar bombs , picked one up and slid it gently down the muzzle of the mortar . |
| 3 | From time to time one or another would begin to scrape in the gravelly bank , or venture a little way in among the trees and nut-bushes to scuffle in the leaf-mould . |
| 4 | From time to time one of the phones rang , and she stared at it and held her breath till it stopped . |
| 5 | From time to time one of the women would speak , launch a few words like small puffs of smoke towards the moulded plaster flowers on the ceiling , and then fall silent again . |
| 6 | From time to time one of us stepped from the path and sank up to his waist in the marsh . |
| 7 | From time to time other members would appear — the grandparents , the uncles , the cousins , business contacts and friends , a community within the community , and one of great internal strength . |
| 8 | From time to time other sections may be needed but lists can be made up as and when they are required for specific projects . |
| 9 | Having been without a tutor-organiser since 1958 , Essex Federation representatives on the District Council have suggested from time to time that other counties might benefit from following their example . |
| 10 | However , outside the computer , numerical data is generally held in decimal format , for obvious anatomical reasons ( although there have been suggestions from time to time that manual calculation should be done in binary or octal , for example , Phillips 1936 ) . |
| 11 | From time to time that evening she was visited by the sight of the lake with its gold fretwork of fish ; she wondered how many years it would be before she could go to that place with equanimity . |
| 12 | Their shells had been passing over our positions from time to time all day , with a loud rush that sometimes appeared to shake the trees . |
| 13 | FROM time to time all games go through a golden era ; a time when great players perform great deeds on the great stages of sport . |
| 14 | From time to time all children do this as part of the process of discovering themselves . |
| 15 | I 'd caught sight of him in the distance from time to time all afternoon , but now when I wanted him his red hair was n't anywhere around . |
| 16 | to sing and from time to time all from |
| 17 | They know the job is challenging and from time to time frustrating : they probably would n't have it any other way . |
| 18 | I also lived there from time to time many years ago . |
| 19 | From time to time new temporary guests appeared . |
| 20 | Lincoln University was white-tiled towers , variegated with violet tiles and orange tiles and from time to time acid-green tiles . |
| 21 | From time to time various members of this population will move from a stable state to having a special status . |
| 22 | From time to time various other forms of undercutting have been attributed to wind but the possible effects of other agencies , such as wetting and drying near the surface and salt weathering must not be forgotten , though they are doubtful as explanations of abraded wooden telegraph poles and even these can not be attributed to gnawing by desert rats . |
| 23 | The firm has from time to time various secondees both at the Listing Groups of the Stock Exchange and with the Panel . |
| 24 | From time to time strong ceremonial and ritual elements emphasised the importance of legitimacy and tradition . |
| 25 | From time to time cross-infection , such as an outbreak of erysipelas among the elderly men , caused problems . |
| 26 | The libretto was regarded at the radio as something of a masterpiece of translation and from time to time suitable composers had been sought . |
| 27 | But from time to time sinister relics from the past still turn up . |
| 28 | From time to time this can be very beautiful but because there is a lack of continuity in the dance movement from one picture to the next , the resultant work often appears static . |
| 29 | When I discover from time to time this tiny book tucked away in my bookcases , I happily peruse it again and always find something , perhaps unnoticed before , which leads me into deeper and more silent meditation . |
| 30 | It appears that from time to time this magazine published supplements and one such example , featuring aviation , went under the title The Bright Boys Album of Aeroplanes . |