| As a last word about forward-looking it may be said that planning cannot be successful if it is carried on by fits and starts. |
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| Granted, this is government by fits and starts, hobbled by the whims of voters. |
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| It advances by fits and starts, and mainly benefits rich countries and populations. |
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| It moves by fits and starts, through pangs of revulsion and flashes of revelation. |
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| Federal policy on women's health research has evolved by fits and starts. |
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| The White Paper on Reform also stressed the introduction of an ongoing planning system that would be decidedly policy-led and would operate on a standing basis, thereby avoiding approaches by fits and starts. |
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| Needless to say, this was a difficult, frustrating process, marked by fits and starts as one side or the other pulled back from making the hard decisions needed for compromise. |
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| Advancement has been accomplished by fits and starts. |
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| This evolution has been characterized, as noted, by fits and starts. |
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| It is a stammered, sleazy chronicle, told by fits and starts in bits and pieces, and constantly interrupted by the director and actors. |
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| Under Constantine's successors, Christianization of Roman society proceeded by fits and starts, as John Curran documented in detail. |
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| Most foods are oxidized by fits and starts. |
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| In the next three years, he painted only by fits and starts. |
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| For too long, our future has been governed by fits and starts. |
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