Example sentences of "[verb] within a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The EC markets are closely linked , points out the Meat and Livestock Commission , and , although the sudden , sharp fall in UK prices was largely irrespective of other European markets , a similar move in Continental prices was expected within a short time . |
| 2 | Would this be just another experience for him — a satisfying of his sexual needs , to be forgotten within a short time ? |
| 3 | A landlord should be responsible for the manner in which work at its instigation should be carried out and there is no reason why a tenant should suffer as a result of defects appearing within a reasonable time thereafter . |
| 4 | There is a similar departure from the notion of a fixed sequence of modes of production and their corresponding political and cultural forms in recent works which concentrate their attention upon specific types of political regime which do not necessarily fall within a single time span . |
| 5 | A statement of an objective must always refer to some publicly observable outcome occurring within a certain time frame . |
| 6 | They do this by collecting premiums or contributions from large numbers of people in return for an agreement to compensate the policy-holder in the event of a specified event occurring within a specified time . |
| 7 | Such an application shall be refused unless made within a reasonable time and will not be granted where the party applying has taken any step in the proceedings after knowledge of the irregularity . |
| 8 | Similar anxieties exist about the morbidity and mortality of patients who can not be seen within a satisfactory time . |
| 9 | In this situation , it is very difficult to maintain high standards , as such work usually has to be done within a short time limit , and often with very little space . |
| 10 | Proof came within a short time when in November 1983 more than five hundred deaf people from all over the country joined other disabled groups at Westminster in an impressive lobby in support of a Private Member 's Bill , introduced by Robert Wareing MP , which sought to make discrimination against all disabled people illegal . |
| 11 | Most statutory rights have to be enforced within a strict time limit . |
| 12 | At the latest within three years from the start of the second phase , the Commission and the Council of the monetary institution would report … on the functioning of the second phase and in particular on the progress made in real convergence , in order to prepare the decision concerning the passage to the third phase , which will occur within a reasonable time … |
| 13 | If a neutral event has occurred within a certain time of an already important event , if it was of a certain category and if another of the same category had not been interposed between it and the important event , then that event itself acquires significance for the animal . |
| 14 | ( b ) The request by the consumer must have occurred within a reasonable time of the occurrence of the damage ( s. 2(3) ( b ) ) . |
| 15 | Similar rules apply to contracts for the supply of services ( Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 ( SGSA 1982 ) , s15 ( implied term that the customer will pay a reasonable charge ) and s14 ( implied term that the service will be performed within a reasonable time ) ) . |
| 16 | Nowadays his case had to be heard within a given time . |
| 17 | The garment has to be completed within a certain time , then the outworker is paid the requisite sum . |
| 18 | time constraint : the project must be completed within a certain time limit . |
| 19 | At one end is the minimalist approach , which postulates that the narrower the field the greater the likelihood that the project will be successfully completed within a reasonable time . |
| 20 | 10.1 If either you or we are delayed or prevented from performing our obligations under this order , by circumstances beyond the reasonable control of either of us , ( including without limitation any form of government intervention , strikes and lock-outs relevant to this order , breakdown of plant or delays by sub-contractors concerned ) such performance shall be suspended , and if it can not be completed within a reasonable time after the due date as specified in this order , this order may be cancelled by either party . |
| 21 | Similarly , it is understandable that a landlord will wish to ensure that the tenant 's works are completed within a reasonable time . |
| 22 | Those who had been in Italy before the end of 1989 and who registered within an appointed time limit were to be allowed to remain in the country and would be granted rights to medical care , schooling and equality of opportunity in relation to employment . |
| 23 | In order to establish their claim against those organisations or individuals who are responsible for the failure , the courts require that notice of a claim is given within a stipulated time of the accident . |
| 24 | The handler should have a basic knowledge of the normal physiology of calving , and what should happen within an accepted time scale . |
| 25 | A condition can be imposed requiring operations to commence within a specified time . |
| 26 | She was suffering from sunstroke and she died within a short time . |
| 27 | While the existence of a counterclaim does not support a mortgagor 's contention that he would be able to pay within a reasonable time : Citibank Trust Ltd v Ayivor ( 1987 ) 3 All ER 241 , if the counterclaim is directed to the validity of the mortgage deed , that is a different matter , see Barclays Bank v Waterson ( 1988 ) 1989 CLY 2505 . |
| 28 | Indeed , strictly , agreement is not necessary on price or delivery date : if no price is agreed , it will be implied that the buyer of goods will pay a reasonable price ( Sale of Goods Act 1979 ( SGA 1979 ) , s8(2) ) and , if no date is agreed for delivery of the goods , that they will be delivered within a reasonable time , and at a reasonable hour ( SGA 1979 , s29(3) , ( 5 ) ; strictly s29(3) only applies where the seller is bound to send the goods to the buyer , but a similar , more general rule applies at common law : see below Chapter 7 ) . |
| 29 | If Libya did not comply within a short time period , the USA , Britain and France would seek UN endorsement for sanctions . |
| 30 | Once the parties had been heard , the master or registrar would have the power either to make an ‘ unless ’ order , that is that the case would be struck out unless particular steps were taken within a particular time , or the case would be set down for trial . |