Sentence examples for for a specified amount of from inspiring English sources

Fred Stutzman, a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University who created Freedom, the program that locks a computer user away from the internet for a specified amount of time, conducted an experiment with two other researchers in 2010.

There is a well-worn practice in Sudan called "buying time," in which smugglers pay police officers and border guards for a specified amount of time to let a convoy of illegal goods slip through checkpoints.

Mr. Brahimi is widely believed to have presented Mr. Assad with a proposal that would allow him to remain in his post for a specified amount of time, but require him to transfer his authority to a transitional government.

The Accelerator PROGRAM Most accelerators, which are run by groups of experienced business owners and investors, require entrepreneurs to move to a facility for a specified amount of time.

The system was the gold standard, and it involved the world's major currencies being pegged against gold in a way that was, in theory, redeemable: that is, you could go to the bank and exchange your currency for a specified amount of gold.

Before transmitting a query, the reader senses the channel for a specified amount of time.

For over a decade, travel managers have painstakingly negotiated corporate rates with select airlines, hotels and other suppliers, at discounted prices in exchange for guaranteeing a specified amount of annual business.

This approach is based on the concept that not all forest area or carbon credits are accounted for, but a specified amount of forest area or carbon credits are placed in a buffer.

Volume calibration is important for precisely depositing a specified amount of materials into individual cells such that dose effect can be investigated.

For future Medicare beneficiaries — people now under 55 — Mr. Ryan's proposal calls for the federal government to contribute a specified amount of money toward the premium for private health coverage.

Due to the limitations of the effect-based approach, some states have adopted "per se" laws, which make it a criminal offense for an individual to have a specified amount of drug or metabolite in his or her body while operating a motor vehicle (Asbridge [2014]; DuPont et al. [2012]; Grotenhermen et al. [2007]; Lacey et al. [2010]).