Example sentences of "[prep] a specified period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a notice states that the planning permission lapses after the expiration of a specified period ( of not less than one year ) . |
| 2 | Prior to the Children Act 1989 there might be a care order ( 400 were made in 1987 ) , transferring parental responsibilities to the local authority indefinitely , or a supervision order for a specified period ( of up to three years ) , with a social worker attached to supervise the child 's resumption of full-time schooling . |
| 3 | Usually the patient is taken into one of these units for a specified period such as a fortnight , but the time allocated might be indefinite in an emergency , for instance if the carer is ill . |
| 4 | They involve an agreement that the job will last for a specified period of time , although often provisions are included to enable the contract to be renewed if so desired . |
| 5 | They involve an agreement that the job will last for a specified period of time , although often provisions are included to enable the contract to be renewed if so desired . |
| 6 | A logical consequence occurs when the parent intervenes and ( in the example above ) removes the toy while indicating that the child has ‘ chosen ’ or decided to play without the toy for a specified period of time because of his or her actions ( it is a form of response-cost ) . |
| 7 | As TODAY suggests , one answer could be for newly-licensed young drivers to carry restriction plates for a specified period . |
| 8 | The power of the minister arises under the National Health Service Act 1977 if he considers that by reason of an emergency it is necessary for a specified period to transfer functions from one body to another . |
| 9 | First-time buyer deals usually offer a straight interest rate cut from the lender 's standard variable rate for a specified period . |
| 10 | Most will arrange a payment holiday , reduced payments for a specified period or devise a special scheme for you . |
| 11 | In the case of overseas bases , the right of access for a specified period is secured by a treaty between the host state and the lessee . |
| 12 | If the chief of police reasonably believes that any conditions that he may impose will not prevent ‘ serious public disorder , ’ he shall apply to the district council for an order prohibiting for a specified period ( not exceeding three months ) the holding of all public processions or a specified class of processions . |
| 13 | Alternatively , major capital projects would be undertaken by private sector contractors who would finance and build the assets in question , operate them for a specified period in return for an agreed fee and then transfer them to the commissioning authority . |
| 14 | CDs , as they are known , are paper assets issued by banks , building societies and finance houses to depositors who are willing to leave their money on deposit for a specified period of time . |
| 15 | In particular , the Company promised in the advertisement to pay £100 to anyone who contracted influenza after using a carbolic smoke ball as instructed for a specified period . |
| 16 | Under an annuity policy the company pays a regular income to the insured for a specified period up until death , in return either for a lump sum payment or regular contributions earlier in life . |
| 17 | Suppose that a contract to sell at a given price for a specified period is , for whatever reason , advantageous to both buyers and sellers . |
| 18 | Under a hire-purchase agreement the hirer undertakes to hire the goods for a specified period at a specified rent and he is given an option to buy the goods when he has paid all the specified rent . |
| 19 | To recommend to the council which sanction or sanctions is or are appropriate , for example , termination of membership ( expulsion ) ; suspension of membership for a defined period ; downgrading from fellow to members ; suspension for a specified period from office holding at branch and national level ; reprimand ( by way of rebuke ) ; caution ( by way of warning ) . |
| 20 | Lord Ackner stated that : There is clearly no reason in English contract law why A , for good consideration , should not achieve an enforceable agreement whereby B , agrees for a specified period of time not to negotiate with anyone except A in relation to the sale of his property … |
| 21 | Nevertheless , it is common that preference shares with a right to a cumulative dividend obtain voting rights if the dividend is in arrears for a specified period . |
| 22 | The solicitors at the end of the chain are asked to release their contract for a specified period of time to the solicitors acting for the buyer next in line . |
| 23 | Right what that is is erm usually when you take out erm health insurance cover the payments will be deferred for a specified period of time , that could be four weeks , eight weeks , it could be six months , twelve months so the |
| 24 | On passing a sentence of imprisonment of two years or less the Act empowered a court to suspend the sentence by ordering that it should not take effect unless during a specified period the offender committed another offence punishable by imprisonment . |
| 25 | There is an average number of accesses during a specified period of about sixty-five . |
| 26 | The theoretical and empirical analysis of stock markets is based on the use of a rate of return to measure the benefits from holding an asset during a specified period . |
| 27 | COHORT — A group of persons that has experiences the same event ( e.g. birth or marriage ) at the same time or during a specified period ; for instance , birth cohort or marriage cohort . |
| 28 | By ‘ risk ’ we understand ‘ the likelihood of a specified undesired event occurring within a specified period or in specified circumstances ’ ( Health and Safety Executive 1989 : 30 ) . |
| 29 | The Commission , however , has wide power to obtain information from the parties by making a formal request to supply information and/or documents within a specified period of time . |
| 30 | Some firms insist that leavers repay their disturbance allowances if they leave their company within a specified period after the move . |