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at intervals1With time between; not continuously: the light flashed at intervals...- The appointment of Australians, at intervals from 1931 and continuously from 1965, broke this link.
- From these little blobs the sun threw back at intervals bright flashes of steel as the tribesmen waved their swords.
- Tallages continued to be demanded at intervals until 1340, when Edward III agreed that the consent of Parliament must be obtained.
2With spaces between: the path is marked with rocks at intervals...- Folded sediments of pink-brown rock rise on either side, broken at intervals by dark basalt columns of solidified magma and occasional leopard caves.
- The ceiling was domed and pillars were placed periodically at intervals to show their golden and chrome beauty to the crowd.
- In both directions I encountered a few stretches where there were countdowns to a 50 mph limit, which was then posted at intervals along the central reservation.
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