Sentence examples for on a fixed contract from inspiring English sources

They were making samples for the site on a fixed contract, when in 2010, Holloway suggested "we're making all these press samples for you, why don't we open a factory?" It wasn't an immediate success.

Benn and Dennis are thrilled with their £1 house, and all the more so because when they first applied to the scheme, they were turned down on financial grounds: Benn, a fitter in a car factory, is not on a fixed contract, so Dennis, a photography student at Stoke university, had to increase her own hours in order for them to bag a property.

Part of the problem, Ms. Bettencourt and other education specialists acknowledge, is that Portugal's recent cost-cutting efforts have had to circumvent the legal protections surrounding the public sector — something that the court decision underscored — including lifetime job guarantees for state employees on a fixed contract.

Nevertheless, given the absence of a fixed contract, the voluntary character of the crowd remains a fundamental element.

Nearly all mobile phone providers discount the price of the handset in exchange for a fixed contract.

She was promised a fixed contract after an internship, but it never came.

I was then told she wasn't eligible as she was already in a fixed contract.

The costs are set up front under a fixed contract so schools know their bills won't suddenly rocket.

While finishing school in 2007, they launched Sunrun, which buys and installs solar panels; homeowners sign a ­20-year fixed contract, saving on average 15% on their electric bills.

As a fixed performance contract in a volatile world, budgets are the reverse of what's needed.

It doesn't cover installment contracts you repay on a fixed schedule, such as car loans.