two-year limit
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflimit
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limit
noun
uk/ˈlɪm.ɪt/us/ˈlɪm.ɪt/
the greatest amount, number, or level of something that is either possible ...
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(Definition oflimitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I cannot see why there should be atwo-yearlimit.
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The provision is worrying in relation to the education service, but thetwo-yearlimitis even more inappropriate in the case of the careers service.
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I am also worried about thetwo-yearlimit.
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I am even less happy about reducing to one year thetwo-yearlimitwhich proves the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage.
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I am not happy at all about thetwo-yearlimit.
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Thetwo-yearlimitinvites the unscrupulous employer to get rid of people towards the end of the two-year period.
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The currenttwo-yearlimiton the main homelessness duty to secure suitable accommodation will be removed.
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One is that it would end the uncertainty of thetwo-yearlimit; the other involves choice in lettings.
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The effects of putting atwo-yearlimiton and of increasing the grant in this way have been dramatic.
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It should quite rightly be taken off the extract which is open to public view and kept on the main register for thetwo-yearlimit.
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Clause 6 will remove the currenttwo-yearlimiton the main homelessness duty to secure suitable accommodation.
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I too welcome the improvements in maternity benefits and the fact that thetwo-yearlimithas been removed.
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I am informed that there is atwo-yearlimitfor grant-maintained schools.
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However, thattwo-yearlimitdoes not reappear in the amended version to which my noble friend has just spoken.
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As regards working holidays thetwo-yearlimitstill remains, but it no longer includes a period as a visitor or a student.
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I hope that, within a time scale to be published within a few days, we shall be able to reduce such waiting lists to thetwo-yearlimit.
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With these amendments the requirement for atwo-yearlimitwill apply as standard and will include those who are elected having ended their period of study.
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The simple purpose of the amendments is to remove thetwo-yearlimit, so that, effectively, the court can produce a punishment that meets the seriousness of the situation.
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Does thetwo-yearlimitmean that at the end we will either go on with what we are to have now or go back to what we used to have?
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I turn now to thetwo-yearlimit.
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