decent interval
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdecentandinterval
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decent
adjective
uk/ˈdiː.sənt/us/ˈdiː.sənt/
socially acceptable ...
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interval
noun[C]
uk/ˈɪn.tə.vəl/us/ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.vəl/
a period between two events ...
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(Definition ofdecentandintervalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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After adecentintervalof time he re-emerges as an employee of that same company or of an associated company.
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They should de-designate only after leaving adecentintervalafter enactment so that the authority has plenty of notice.
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How is that to be done unless there is adecentintervalallowed after the expiration of the month?
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Perhaps he will leave adecentintervalbefore trying to intervene again.
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If the seat becomes vacant due to a resignation, it begins immediately; if due to a death, after adecentinterval.
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Conversion always needs adecentintervalof time if it is to win respect.
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Eventually a few papers will be provided for them to sign at adecentintervalafter the birth.
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They are already perfectly free to do so, their capital following them after adecentintervalof about five years.
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But there was always in his case adecentinterval.
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I am prepared to see history re-written, but a certaindecentintervalshould be allowed to pass before that is done.
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I hope the occasion is one that after a proper anddecentintervalmay be repeated.
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The institutions are very different and there are strong arguments for giving adecentinterval.
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It is thatdecentintervalwhich he has abandoned—thedecentintervalwhich he himself recommended, and which, three weeks ago, he forsook.
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Therefore, "for a while" means adecentinterval.
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It was thought right to give adecentintervalfor compliance.
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When this crisis has finally passed, after adecentintervalsuch a formula will no doubt be looked for again.
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We all know that if one of us stepped under that proverbial bus, after adecentinterval—say, 24 hours—100 hopefuls would congregate about our seat.
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However, on their honeymoon cruise, he lets her know that he expects her to grant him a divorce after adecentinterval.
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