two-year interval

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interval
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪn.tə.vəl/us
/ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.vəl/
a period between two events ...
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(Definition ofintervalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We should follow the example of other countries where atwo-yearintervalis normal for women over 50.
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We would expect a new petition if one had been rejected, and there must be atwo-yearintervalbetween petitions.
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After thetwo-yearinterval, we should compel a port to privatise itself only after considering that port's situation in very close consultation with its board.
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Likewise, the proposedtwo-yearintervalappears to be rather more generous than might have been hoped for, particularly if the 50-employee limit is used to define small businesses.
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A minimum of atwo-yearintervalis required before continuing to the 30th degree, again with the intervening degrees awarded by name only.
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As each economic crisis followed, at almost two-year intervals, we surely have realised our deep-seated economic malaise.
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Since 1999, at two-year intervals, the same promises have been made and broken time and again.
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Most pupils are expected to move on from one level to the next at roughly two-year intervals.
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The remaining two submarines of the class currently on order will follow at approximately two-year intervals.
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They have regional elections and district elections at two-year intervals.
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At present, renewal is necessary at the end of the first and second years, and at two-year intervals thereafter.
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There is a reason why these reports have been appearing at two-year intervals, and it is that these schools are not doing particularly well.
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It is hard to imagine a condition which would require treatment at more than two-year intervals, but we may need to provide for such an occurrence.
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He has since been re-elected at two-year intervals.
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Soon tournaments were held at about two-year intervals.
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Throughout the 1950s she continued, at roughly two-year intervals, to produce politely received novels, none of which created any particular stir.
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The second and third films were released at two-year intervals, whereas the fourth film was released in 2012.
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He subsequently won re-election at two-year intervals.
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