indefinite - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • grant: The Home Office either grants Indefinite Leave to Remain ( ILR ) or Humanitarian Protection to the asylum seeker.
  • have: An application for nationality can only be made after a person had Indefinite Leave to Remain for a period of at least 12 months.

Used with adjective complement

  • make: The conditions could remain for any period of time from a minimum of two years and could be made indefinite.

Modifies a noun

  • detention: The ultimate effect of the measure is to permit the indefinite detention without charge of foreign nationals.
  • pronoun: Usually, according to grammar books such devices are the primary numeral ' one ' , the indefinite pronouns or the zero marking.
  • postponement: Clemens offered to pay all the expenses of the trip, but only indefinite postponement followed.
  • dyad: The monad, which is opposed to the indefinite dyad, is just one of three gods for Numenius ( Fr.
  • hiatus: In 2005, its members announced that the band was on " indefinite hiatus.
  • extension: Come the end of the Cold War, the nuclear weapon states sought the indefinite extension of the NPT.

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: It's a way of extending the life of games for an almost indefinite period of time.
  • rather: A soul is then divined behind that rather indefinite form.
  • potentially: The only aspect of a re-entry ban which received support was the potentially indefinite ban on those constituting a serious security risk.
  • too: But that description does not describe; it is too vague, too general, too indefinite.
  • not: The flexibility of the TWOD is, however, not indefinite.
  • somewhat: The references by Origen, Novatian, and later Fathers are somewhat indefinite.

Preposition: in

  • term: As noted in the text below, it treats accommodation agreements as indefinite in term.

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