1.   On this occasion, however, apart from some irregularities and sporadic outbreaks of violence, the elections passed off peacefully.

2.   Sporadic outbreaks of fighting reported during March were mainly attributed to unruly rebel troops.

3.   Although there were sporadic outbreaks of unrest, there was no repetition of violence on the scale hitherto seen.

4.   Although this parasite is prevalent throughout the world, it is only responsible for sporadic outbreaks of disease in temperate countries such as Britain and North America.

5.   As Israel observed the Day of Atonement, the quiet introspection of the Jewish holy day was shattered by sporadic outbreaks of violence.

6.   Authorities also deemed the election generally orderly, despite sporadic outbreaks of violence that left at least seven dead.

7.   European diseases killed thousands of them in sporadic outbreaks that had begun with contact with Basque fishermen and the French to the north.

8.   Gerba developed the first method to test water for the presence of cryptosporidium, a parasite responsible for sporadic outbreaks of diarrhea in the last decade.

9.   Sporadic outbreaks have occurred in Russia and other areas of the world where the disease is endemic.

10.   Bahrain has been hit by sporadic outbreaks of violent protests since December staged mainly by Shiite Muslims.