Sentence examples for by a fixed date from inspiring English sources
So I have not been one of those people who say that come heck or high water, we are going to leave by a fixed date".
The mission could be to phase out domestic use and export of coal by a fixed date, or to set a deadline for shifting 50% of US energy consumption to renewable sources.
This is largely because American negotiators, who know the United States will have to pay much of the bill, seem ready to accept a fixed target (half the number in need) by a fixed date (2015).
Because in our earlier decision interpreting the statute with reference to the filing date, we in essence said that the secretary of state could refuse a filing, O.K., by a particular county only if 1) it would interfere with the federal obligation to have the electors determined by a fixed date or 2) that it would interfere with a contest.
The president has successfully resisted establishing a realistic timeline for withdrawal by claiming that a fixed date would embolden the enemy.
Having removed the millstone of Kingsnorth, he should set out plans that see no emissions at all from any new coal plants and a fixed date by which all existing plants are retrofitted with CCS.
Balls will argue Labour can vote for the charter on the basis that it does not set a fixed date of 2017-18 by which the deficit is eliminated, but says it must be eliminated on a rolling three-year programme.
"We had always said that 2017 was a deadline rather than a fixed date".
For millions of Americans, the election is no longer on a fixed date.
So the need for a fixed date line was real (if not immediately obvious).
