Sentence examples for of a fixed term from inspiring English sources

It added that providers could also be breaching consumer law by automatically renewing a contract at the end of a fixed term without giving notice or the right to withdraw.

A life sentence with a minimum of 40 years is the equivalent of a fixed term of 80 years, given that fixed-term prisoners can expect to be released on licence after serving half their sentences.

–Lease-to-Own: This arrangement is similar to the declining balance described above, except that the financial institution puts up most, if not all, of the money for the house and agrees on arrangements with the homeowner to sell the house to him at the end of a fixed term.

The British Humanist Association BHAA) condemned the decision to recruit for a healer to work at St Margaret's Hospital in Epping, part of The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, on a fixed term, two sessions-a-week contract worth £22,000.

Their agreement was marked by an iconic press conference in the Rose Garden of Downing Street, in which they promised to work together for the sake of the economy for a fixed term of five years.

The idea is to establish a single director of national intelligence, appointed to a fixed term of office like the current F.B.I. chief, and give that director real authority over bodies like the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, which now remain under Pentagon control.

The recruitment of an outsider for a fixed term added to the public editor's independence.

He's told me, 'The D.C.I. should be like the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and serve for a fixed term.' " Indeed, when Mr. Bush was elected president in 1988, he kept on William H. Webster, the director he inherited from President Ronald Reagan, for more than two years.

Friendships across party lines are easy, because the next election is generally years away (Parliament sits now for a fixed term of five years) and most politicians spend plenty of time in their taxpayer-subsidised homes in London.

A tenancy agreement or contract is usually for a fixed term of six or 12 months – your landlord cannot usually raise rents during this period.

You donate the asset to a remainder trust that pays you an annuity for a fixed term of up to 20 years, or for your life.