Example sentences of "a fixed period [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A leasehold estate is measured by a fixed period of time ; it is often called a term of years , though a tenancy for weeks or months is equally a leasehold . |
| 2 | There are situations where the reciprocal of a rate would make more sense than the original rate : ergonomists , for example , might find it more natural to look at the time it takes a person to produce a fixed number of items rather than at the output a person produces from a machine in a fixed period of time . |
| 3 | For example , a doctor may be able to see more patients each hour and he may be being more efficient by seeing more people in a fixed period of time . |
| 4 | The central problem is that it is only ever possible to sample a child 's language over a fixed period of time and within a finite number of situations . |
| 5 | Some teachers say it is useful to have a pact with someone else , preferably another teacher , which allows you to complain in the most dreadful and unreasonable way to each other , in turn , for a fixed period of time like ten minutes . |
| 6 | These movements are preprogrammed " ballistic " responses whose velocities are determined by the anticipated distance of travel , ensuring that the eye arrives at the right place after a fixed period of time . |
| 7 | While a range of jobs now make up this sector , they neatly divide into seasonal , temporary or casual work on the one hand , and , on the other , work contracted for a fixed period of time or for whatever time it takes to complete a defined task . |
| 8 | The lease granted by the landlord to the tenant gives the tenant exclusive possession of the premises for a fixed period of time , at the end of which ( subject to any statute which provides otherwise ) the property reverts to the landlord . |
| 9 | Another aspect of this problem is that the permission of the occupier may be extended to the visitor for a fixed period of time and thereafter the visitor becomes a trespasser , and is outside the scope of the OLA 1957 . |
| 10 | The LFS distinguishes between temporary workers who describe themselves as having " seasonal , temporary or casual jobs " and those with " jobs done under contract or for a fixed period of time " . |
| 11 | According to the LFS code book , temporary jobs in the first category can include jobs the termination of which " is fixed for , by example , reaching a certain date or completing an assignment , or by return of an employee who has been temporarily replaced " ( our italics ) i.e. jobs that could fit equally well into the second category whilst jobs in the second category are taken to include those with " a work contract for a specific task or a fixed period of time " ( our italics ) i.e jobs that could fit equally well into the first category . |
| 12 | The British LFS permits temporary workers to differentiate themselves between those engaged on a seasonal , temporary or casual basis and those contracted to work for a fixed period of time or to undertake a fixed task . |
| 13 | As we suggested in the introduction , " temporary workers are normally thought of as those who are not engaged on indefinite contract of employment , and the obvious opposite of an indefinite contract of employment is a contract for a fixed period of time . |
| 14 | We no longer wear mourning clothes for a fixed period of time , we do n't refuse to go to parties for the first six months after the death of someone close to us , we do n't take time immediately after the death for intensive grieving . |
| 15 | And testing meant simply showing each bird the bead again for a fixed period of time — perhaps ten seconds — and noting its response . |
| 16 | Fifteen years ago they began to offer market-related interest rates on wholesale deposits , deposits in excess of a large minimum , made for a fixed period of time . |
| 17 | A certificate of deposit ( CD ) states that a deposit has been made with a bank for a fixed period of time at the end of which it will be repaid with interest . |
| 18 | Only a single company is allowed to operate in each part of the country but the incumbent is given a licence for only a fixed period of time . |