Sentence examples for a finite lapse from inspiring English sources

This means that an action has a beginning and an end, but does not entail that there is a finite lapse of time between them.

Before t =1 the state of the lamp (which is the only relevant portion of the world here) can be described by the sentence 'lamp on', and after t =1 by the sentence 'lamp off', without there being a finite lapse of time between the beginning and the end of the action.

"There's a finite amount of time.

The NHS budget is a finite resource.

This Stradivarius — it's a finite supply.

But the opportunity is a finite one".

"So there's a finite number".

"We have a finite number of troops.

But it is a finite list.

Of a finite set of factors.

"Their stardom has a finite life".