Example sentences of "time to time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the Report suggested that the Minister might establish ‘ a small committee to advise her from time to time on the subjects and types of adult education courses which should receive priority in qualifying for grant ’ ( Recommendation 18 ) . |
| 2 | The three departments , however , do use official statistics in the detailed studies which are done from time to time on a one-off basis . |
| 3 | Henceforth it was to be seen from time to time on route 16/18 . |
| 4 | The whole area had a horribly uneasy and melancholy atmosphere and he noticed that from time to time on that bright summer 's day occasional metallic rattlings came from the depths of the quarry . |
| 5 | Christians need to reflect from time to time on their faith , knowing that it is easy to be distracted from their calling to be disciples . |
| 6 | Fremont , California-based SyQuest Technology Inc is sweetening the pill of its profit shortfall by deciding to buy back up to 1m of its 11.4m common shares out from time to time on the open market . |
| 7 | In its place , the Home Secretary would appoint a standing Advisory Council to report and make recommendations from time to time on such aspects of penal treatment as he might refer to it or as the Council itself , having consulted the Home Secretary , felt that it ought to consider . |
| 8 | When Marcus came in for supper , two hours later , Daniel 's Mum was still talking , to Stephanie , who was in and out of the kitchen dishing up vegetables and making gravy , to her son , who moved his weight cautiously from time to time on a dining-room chair and frowned and frowned . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | My right hon. and learned Friend and I meet the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals from time to time on a range of matters , including the capital and recurrent funding needs of the universities . |
| 11 | Sheep-shearers and stock-keepers had also descended on the plains to take advantage of the excellent grazing , and provided Gould with company from time to time on his journey . |
| 12 | Er unfortunately one has cases from time to time on girls of this age who set out to entice men . |
| 13 | The professor will be qualified for election as an official member of the board of the faculty ( which has final authority over the proceedings of its sub-faculties ) , and will be expected to serve from time to time on the various standing and ad hoc committees appointed by the board . |
| 14 | The Commission issues guidelines from time to time on its views on appreciability . |
| 15 | Prisoners-of-war , wandering free men , peasants and natives were mobilized from time to time into detachments of foreign servicemen ( Litva ) or cossacks , and there were service gentry from European Russia stationed in the region for periods of several years . |
| 16 | In fact , the behaviour of the janissaries bred a smouldering resentment which erupted from time to time into acts of armed resistance . |
| 17 | In that case a father made absolute gifts to his unmarried minor children by way of payments from time to time into Post Office savings bank accounts and the purchase of Defence Bonds in their names . |
| 18 | An indicator of popular views of Party leaders can be seen in the wild rumours which circulated from time to time about prominent figures in the NSDAP . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Though he was questioned from time to time about radical plots and was even for a while held in the Tower , his claim to be moved now by conscience and not by political faction seems to have been accepted . |
| 21 | No matter how paranoid he felt from time to time about the DIA , Coleman could not conceive that Control would have told him to get hold of a legitimate Thomas Leavy passport for Operation Shakespeare knowing in advance that it would blow the mission and lead to his arrest . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In the semi-darkness the houses around the village and the church in the centre of the green stood out like monuments with their shadows changing their shapes from time to time as a cloud obscured part of the moon . |
| 24 | He has read it before but he dips into it from time to time as a priest might consult the Bible in preparation for a sermon , or a poisoner Feltman 's Toxicology in preparation for a murder . |
| 25 | On Lan 's other side Tam shot an accusing look at Kim from time to time as if to make unmistakably clear to his father that he had done everything possible to dissuade Kim from his folly . |
| 26 | The Director-General 's Newsletter was published from time to time as a further means of membership communication . |
| 27 | Preference rules may be broken ; in fact it would be very difficult not to break them from time to time as some of them conflict . |
| 28 | He was only too conscious that he had nothing really to do : his hands strayed from time to time above his freckled face to adjust his headgear . |
| 29 | The United States would dive in from time to time with a huge splash which , however , would soon subside . |
| 30 | To return to the example , the non-distressed parent may choose to make explicit to the friend her own thinking , such as ‘ well , the children do usually obey us and every parent gets wound up from time to time with their child ’ . |