Sentence examples for deadline is firm from inspiring English sources

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal that was published on Tuesday, Mr. Maliki insisted that that deadline is firm.

Deadlines are firm, timetables accelerated, and with mid-terms around the corner time management is of the essence.

Grant deadlines are firm, and there are often several grants due on the same date.

The Aug. 2 debt ceiling deadline is holding firm.

But Democratic lawyers and some legal experts say that deadline is not firm.

There has been an undercurrent of murmuring from military sources that the July deadline isn't firm, but Obama's aides insist it is ironclad.

Even the late spring deadline is hardly firm: Marcus Owens, a Washington lawyer who used to run the IRS' exempt organizations division, said the agency "regularly misses its self-appointed deadlines" for releasing new rules.

Mr. McGreevey's campaign director, Richard McGrath, said he also understood the Sept. 1 deadline to be firm.

While the markets are focused on Brussels on Sunday and Wednesday, a firmer deadline is probably Nov. 3-4, when Mr. Sarkozy presides over the meeting of the Group of 20 leading economies in Cannes.

The Netherlands has been asked to submit its budget measures to the European Commission by 30 April, although it is not clear how firm that deadline is.

E.U. legislation is forcing carmakers to meet C02 standards for their entire fleets by 2012, but firms argue the deadline isn't economically feasible.