Example sentences of "[verb] for a fixed " in BNC.

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1 Should the elective resolution cease to have effect , if the authority has lasted for 5 years or more before the election it expires forthwith : otherwise it has effect as if it had been given for a fixed period of 5 years .
2 The alternative method is to provide that upon any adjustment of the base figure , the rent payable immediately before the adjustment becomes a fixed amount payable under the terms of the lease ( or is substituted for a fixed amount previously reserved ) .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 The advantage to the depositor is that the certificate is tradable so that , although the deposit is made for a fixed period , he or she can have use of the funds earlier by selling the certificate to a third party at a price which will reflect the period to run to maturity and the current level of interest rates .
6 If you 're looking for a fixed rate and a fixed term this is the account for you .
7 Support for a fixed Channel link soon emerged as a prime candidate for assistance although the British and French governments remained committed to the idea of a privately financed tunnel .
8 If the draftsman wishes to create a lease for a period that can not be made certain at the time of the demise the only way is to express it as being granted for a fixed term subject to a power to break at the expiry of the period .
9 ROM is used for a fixed repertoire of standard programs , which are needed again and again , and which you ca n't change even if you wanted to .
10 When I took out my mortgage with the Halifax , I plumped for a fixed rate .
11 These may be production workers but they may also be senior people ; managers hired for a fixed term and technologists and others used as consultants .
12 As this transistor conducts for a fixed time , dictated by the winding time constant , it may be switched from a fixed-period monostable circuit triggered by tile phase excitation signal .
13 But our rate was fixed , the girls 's rate We worked for a fixed rate .
14 And , of course , you can make sure you avoid all the highs and lows of variable interest rates by opting for a fixed or capped rate loan .
15 Experience may help you take some of these into account but if you went for a fixed fee you may have to pitch it at such a level to allow for these that it 's perhaps twice what it might be and you could lose the client .
16 It was unthinkable to pledge his word to stay for a fixed term when he might not be able to keep it .
17 Second , the LEA must be informed if the head teacher has decided to exclude permanently a pupil excluded for a fixed or indefinite period .
18 The study reveals that the numbers excluded for a fixed short period ( up to five days ) has almost doubled in the last three years .
19 Unless the centre or SCOTVEC identifies a need for an earlier date , a contract will operate for a fixed period , after which a further Quality Audit will take place .
20 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 .
21 This Agreement commences on [ ] and will continue for a fixed period of three years and thereafter will continue from year to year unless terminated by at least sixty days ' written notice by either party to the other , such notice to expire on any anniversary date of the commencement of this Agreement falling after the expiry of the fixed period aforesaid .
22 Every councillor is elected for a fixed four year term of office .
23 The Kingdom of Norway is a constitutional monarchy in which the monarch exercises authority through a Council of State ( Cabinet ) , appointed by the monarch in accordance with the will of the 165-member parliament ( Storting ) , which is elected for a fixed four-year term .
24 Mozart was clearly concerned about money , and in the summer of 1186 he offered a number of his compositions to the Prince von Fürstenberg , hoping for a fixed annual salary in return .
25 If you want to save on a regular basis you can arrange for a fixed amount to be transferred from your Current Account into the Deposit Account every month .
26 Endowment assurance is a form of saving as your life will be covered for a fixed term and , at the end of it , you will be paid a fixed amount , plus bonuses .
27 In one set of trials the type of match required was varied from trial to trial while in a second set of trials the same match was required for a fixed number of stimulus presentations .
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