Belgium's de facto independence had been established through nine years of intermittent fighting, the Belgian Revolution.

Rather, they were considered no different from "the intermittent fighting that had been raging between the Byzantine and Islamic empires for centuries."

In three days of intermittent fighting, the company conducted a number of search and destroy missions.

The fighting, though intermittent, lasted about five years.

Each side in the conflict, which erupted a year ago, has been provoking the other in recent weeks with hostage taking, intermittent fighting and targeted killings.

Compounding this problem was the intermittent fighting erupting in the region due to a civil war occurring in Ethiopia.

Duncan, weary from the dull riding and intermittent fighting of the day, tried to puzzle out what it could mean, but he could not.

The war in Chechnya has been radiating outward, fueling intermittent fighting and terrorist acts in the region.

The Allies secured Arawe after about a month of intermittent fighting with the outnumbered Japanese force there.

The area was the scene of intermittent fighting between the government and Democratic Kampuchea forces until 1998.