It does not normally infect humans, although sporadic cases do occur usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.

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There was sporadic grumbling, although only sporadic.

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Smith was using his jab to good effect but he was caught by sporadic right hooks, although he hurt Simpson in the final stages of the sixth round with a body shot.

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In truth, the Tories had entered a pattern of decline from a high point in the 1950s, with sporadic mini-revivals - although successive peaks mostly tended to be lower than the last.

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Sporadic violence has broken out in several cities around England, although London stayed largely quiet overnight.

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