These, however, have been spasmodic; and they have been carried out, in the main, by persons who obtained planning permission to carry out the development.
Gifford says that the oath was not administered consistently, and was enforced only as the result of specific, though spasmodic, directives from central government to the judges.
Government influence was also very strong, if somewhat spasmodic and erratic.
The style of his delivery could be characterised as a series of spasmodic surges featuring tonguetwisting phonetic associations that (without rehearsal) were difficult to maintain for prolonged intervals.
It is also spasmodic work.
On the other hand, mimicking the rhythmical breath and the spasmodic rising and falling of the chest that accompanies weeping can be utterly convincing, if well done.
Copeau and his disciples were to react strongly against that 'spasmodic and ridiculous expression of the human face' in a number of ways.
Two large males engaged in spasmodic fighting over the female, while the others sparred among themselves.
