Example sentences of "an indefinite period [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But in Russia the masses refused to do so , refused to resign themselves to an indefinite period of subjection to capitalist exploitation .
2 ‘ He has been told that if there is another occasion he will attract an indefinite period of time out of the game .
3 A legal estate is the right to possess land for a determinate or an indefinite period of time .
4 The Elton Report recommends that if a pupil is to be readmitted to school after an indefinite period of exclusion , the school should ensure that before the pupil is allowed to return his/her parent signs an agreement in which the terms of the pupil 's readmission have been spelt out .
5 Profitt , Michael Cook , 18 , Adrian Sinclair , 19 , and Lee Scrivens , 19 , all from Birmingham , admitted theft charges ; another six City supporters were also remanded in custody or on bail , and 23 were fined a total of £8,600 for admitting charges arising from a weekend in the Lancashire resort which a Football Association inquiry may punish by banning City supporters from remaining away games ; all their away matches were made all-ticket for an indefinite period after trouble last season at Crystal Palace .
6 Nevertheless separate meetings which President Vassiliou and Denktash held with the UN Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , on Nov. 29 and Dec. 4 , 1989 , resulted in both sides accepting an invitation from Pérez de Cuéllar to meet for an indefinite period in search of an agreement , starting on Feb. 26 , 1990 .
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