Sentence examples for specific length of time from inspiring English sources

One of the more intriguing details in yesterday's filing was the statement that Mr. Pittman's employment agreement does not oblige him to remain with the company for any specific length of time.

Not only are certain conditions required to break diapause but in some species (e.g., certain cutworms) a specific length of time must elapse before the stimuli are effective.

An idea imported from America, workfare forces anyone unemployed for a specific length of time to accept a job subsidised by the state, or lose benefits.

A student who must interrupt study temporarily to fulfill a compulsory military obligation for a specific length of time may take a military leave of absence to fulfill that obligation.

2, are we complying with our own policy?" Kristin M. Nimsger, an electronic- evidence specialist at Kroll Ontrack Inc., which helps find and recover electronic evidence, said a company's policies should and usually do require that documents be kept for a specific length of time in accordance with differing state laws.

It was unclear last night whether Mr. Bloomberg asked Mr. Levy to stay for a specific length of time, or whether he simply requested that Mr. Levy run the schools for however long it takes to decide whom he wants in the job.

A memo sent to corrections staff this month described an ambitious agenda for the coming months, including allowing death row prisoners out of their cells for four hours a day and sending inmates to solitary confinement for specific lengths of time instead of indefinite periods.

Its aim is to allow people's reputations and life chances not to be forever burdened by a crime committed years earlier, and sets out specific lengths of time after which a criminal conviction is "spent", and people can be considered rehabilitated.

In conclusion, different groups of PFC neurons in area 9 had enhancement in neuronal discharge just after the duration-presentation period or during the interval-reproduction period, with tuning to specific lengths of time.

An irate OC Weekly article last July described the "Coming Soon" sign outside the shell as "bureaucratic-speak for a non-specific length of time ranging from many, many months to practically never". The $320,000 restoration was slowed by the permit process and historical research, said Philip Lopez, a city parks superintendent.

They want to enshrine their right to a specific length of preparation time in a national agreement, rather than leaving it to local heads of school who may be pressurised by budget considerations.