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Example sentences for "indefinite period"

  • In this heartless manner he succeeded in adjourning the pageant for an indefinite period.

  • Henry, who had a variety of other little matters to attend to, was compelled to allow the cause of himself versus Glendower to stand over to an indefinite period.

  • The really formative purpose is not exclusively a matter of individual liberty, although it must give individual liberty abundant scope.

  • A great many obvious objections will, of course, be immediately raised against any such explanation of the relation between democracy and nationality; and I am well aware that these objections demand the most serious consideration.

  • A protective tariff is, of course, a plain case of preferential class legislation, and so was the original Inter-state Commerce Act.

  • They would renounce the right of going to war in return for a guarantee of their independence in other respects, and for the consequent chance of an indefinite period of orderly economic and social development.

  • The former, consequently, must be selected by appointment, they must be installed in office for an indefinite period, and they must be subject to removal by the chief executive.

  • The policeman and the soldier will continue for an indefinite period to be guardians of the national schools, and the nations have no reason to be ashamed of this fact.

  • For Europe cannot allow the occupation, which has already lasted ten years, to be prolonged for an indefinite period.

  • Rouher endeavor to demonstrate to the Chambers that a stable equilibrium was established, and which was of such a character as to remain by itself for an indefinite period.

  • Bull, Postquam Dei Munere, which suspended them for an indefinite period.

  • These arrangements have been continued for an indefinite period of time after the expiration of the above mentioned conventions, leaving each party the liberty of terminating them by giving twelve months' notice to the other.

  • That unhappy country is torn by factions and revolutions which bid fair to last for an indefinite period.

  • Only by increasing our output can we carry the burden of preparedness for an indefinite period in the future.

  • Month of Sundays~, an indefinite period, a long time.

  • As above indicated, biliary concretions may remain where deposited for an indefinite period.

  • The disease may be preceded for an indefinite period by symptoms of impaired gastric or intestinal digestion, but its onset is usually sudden.

  • According to Tchuktchi customs, she had suffered an irreparable insult, the only recognised mode of kissing here being to rub noses while murmuring "Oo" for an indefinite period.

  • And yet the dead here may be said to live, for corruption is delayed for an indefinite period, so intense is the cold.

  • But if it thinks that they might endanger its hold over the conquered territory, it might likewise prevent their repatriation for any definite or indefinite period.

  • In case an armistice has been concluded for an indefinite period, the parties having made no stipulations regarding notice to recommence hostilities, notice may be given at any time, and hostilities recommenced at once after notification.

  • In the majority of cases the child recovers from these early manifestations, especially when efficiently treated, and may enjoy an indefinite period of good health.

  • The disease may last for an indefinite period, the general health remaining long unaffected.

  • I have also some recollection of seeing Pepper's muzzle, appearing over the Pit edge, after what seemed an indefinite period of time.

  • An indefinite period passed, and it seemed that the arc of fire became less sharply defined.

  • No one can make a lie serve for the truth--at all times and for an indefinite period.

  • She felt, too, that the town crier could truthfully announce that milady was returning to tea gowns for an indefinite period.

  • You really have a much better time now if you wait until you are twenty-five, and then you somehow have learned how to be a girl for an indefinite period.

  • War with Mexico would have been a very serious undertaking and even a successful war would have meant the military occupation of Mexico for an indefinite period.

  • It extended the pecuniary claims convention for an indefinite period.

  • No scientist has ever really discovered any logical cause why human beings should die--they are apparently intended to live for an indefinite period.

  • Life can be retained in our possession for an indefinite period on this earth,--but it can only be done through our own actions--our own wish and will.

  • I venture to say that if there is anything which will preserve objects for an indefinite period it is corrosive sublimate.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    angel appeared; called again; clock this; found from; good teacher; grape juice; indefinite number; indefinite period; indefinite quantity; indefinite since; indefinite time; indefinitely large; lieutenant general; like fruit; must certainly; neutral flag; passive voice; pluck them; premature explosion; readily seen; reads thus; shall only; take another; thou diest; who took; write unto