Sentence examples for imminent expiry from inspiring English sources
The Group of Eight, a strong supporter of university fee deregulation, said on Wednesday the issues "must be de-linked" because the imminent expiry of NCRIS programs "would cripple breakthrough research" and cause "obvious damage to the economy".
As noted, the imminent expiry of the Argive peace was another factor, as was the occupation of Cythera, which provided a base for deserting helots (it is surprising that Athens did not make more use of the Spartan fear of their helots, a far from secret weapon of war).
Similarly, he notes only just before the Peace of Nicias of 421 that one Spartan worry was the imminent expiry in that year of their 30-year truce with the Argives; they did not want a war against Argos as well as Athens.
The driving force behind the new deal is not just the imminent expiry of Start in December, but also the looming review of the non proliferation treaty (NPT) next year, at a time when Iran could be close to joining the nuclear club, and other Middle Eastern countries are consequently weighing their nuclear options.
But Amgen likes to think of itself as less bureaucratic and more entrepreneurial than its pharmaceutical brethren, and it is free of such big-pharma woes as imminent patent expiry.
If we didn't know better, we might conclude that the airlines were choosing an imminent passport expiry as an excuse to bump passengers off a flight that had been overbooked and needed to shed some travellers.
Richard Evans and Scott Hinds of Sector & Sovereign Research, LLC, have written a note arguing that large spin-offs, leaving only a "core Pfizer," would result in little more than a declining pharma company with some cash cows facing imminent patent expiry.
Saab's death seems imminent.
Since refugees can only apply for further, or indefinite, leave to remain in the UK 28 days before the expiry date, their papers give the wrong impression to prospective employees that their departure is imminent.
The relish with which Kevin Pietersen informed his 1.96m Twitter followers on Tuesday afternoon about the expiry of his confidentiality agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board reinforced the suspicion that his imminent autobiography will contain a fair amount of score-settling.
