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Although she made intermittent movie appearances, she was essentially a stage actress.
an intermittent noise
intermittent rain
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It is only at the level of scenario that there is such intermittent reference to a familiar 'text'.
Intermittent and, in particular, nocturnal oxygen supplementation is likely to be the most effective and least invasive alternative.
Any organ system can be involved; the most common manifestation of infection is localized, intermittent, migratory swelling in the skin and subcutaneous tissues.
Although there were intermittent periods when the populations could recover and indeed expand, subsequent new epidemics took a terrible toll.
Intermittent catheterization is the safest method of drainage.
Intermittent illumination from visual display units and fluorescent lighting affects movements of the eyes across text.
The observed flow was described as a series of intermittent plunging sheets and columns.
Research into the dynamic nature of the human fovea-cortex systems with intermittent and modulated light.