1.   In contrast, a fixed rate mortgage has a constant rate of interest which is charged over a specified period.

2.   Most will arrange a payment holiday, reduced payments for a specified period or devise a special scheme for you.

3.   The first is a near-obsession with past performance, normally expressed as cumulative returns over a specified period.

4.   Rights to either buy or sell at a specified price within a specified period.

5.   Only nine middle schools fell into the specified reporting period.

6.   Such a notice states that the planning permission lapses after the expiration of a specified period.

7.   Nevertheless, it is common that preference shares with a right to a cumulative dividend obtain voting rights if the dividend is in arrears for a specified period.

8.   An executive merely needs to come to work and stay alive for a specified period of time to collect restricted shares.

9.   Annuities are periodic payments made over a specified period of time, such as interest on payment of bonds.

10.   As with many companies, Rexall insiders are allowed to sell shares within a specified period after quarterly earnings are released, analysts said.