Sentence examples for a rigid timetable for from inspiring English sources

Senator Clinton has rejected both a "rigid timetable" for withdrawal and an "open" one.

In saying he would vote for Mr. Obama over Mr. McCain, Mr. Powell aligned himself squarely against Mr. Bush, who has been counting on a Republican victory next month to see through his strategy of avoiding a rigid timetable for withdrawals in Iraq — the issue, more than any other, on which the president's legacy will rest.

Surprisingly, Obama seemed to lay down a quite rigid timetable for US departure, giving an unnecessary advantage to those who may want to thwart him, from al-Qaida to Shi'ite and Kurdish militants: they have his timetable, but he doesn't have theirs.

Cable told the Sunday Telegraph: "I don't think it would be sensible for the government to set a rigid timetable, but given where we start from I think it is pretty unrealistic to think of RBS going back into private ownership this parliament or probably within five years".

But the tight and rigid timetable for Doha was designed to avoid a repetition of the Uruguay round, which overran by three years and still involved eleventh-hour horse-trading.

John Kerry said that the US, UK and France have agreed that President Bashar al-Assad will suffer severe consequences if he fails to comply with a rigid UN timetable for the removal of Syria's chemical weapons.

Judge Walker has no set timetable for issuing a decision.

I didn't stick to a rigid training timetable, relying instead on my intuition.

A rigid external timetable on an issue that mattered to all politicians, and to the football-loving prime minister, Donald Tusk, sparked real change.

One general principle for cooking in company with minimum stress is to free yourself from any rigid timetable.

It also set a timetable for a Southern Sudanese independence referendum.