However, services are usually time bound, inseparably delivered by the vendor and received by the purchaser, simultaneously rendered and consumed, irreversibly consumed by the purchaser, and unique in terms of time, place and other surrounding circumstances.
Regarding transparency, Unilever also now reports annually on 60 time-bound commitments which are included in its Sustainable Living Plan.
And the goal is not time-bound because it has no starting point, no ending point, and no fixed duration.
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It is possible, of course, that this is mere coincidence: no wind and cold weather at the same time, bound to happen sometimes.
The service is so stretched, they claim, that the usual strains placed on it at winter time were bound to pitch it into a crisis.
Time-Bound: Effective goals have starting points, ending points, and fixed durations.
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When looking at the answers, the team quickly realized that the previous companies had very different decision-making cultures (one was a slow process of building consensus, and the other used open, time-bound debate with final decisions made by the CEO).
"The combination of the entirety of London commuters and Olympic visitors trying to use the transport system at the same time is surely bound to bring the capital's transport system to its knees, " he told the BBC.
It would be the first time a Mars-bound craft uses the braking maneuver.
Two chamois, startled at this quiet time of day, bound across the trail, over the wall and into their state-protected sanctuary.
The real weakened, for a time, but remained range bound between BRL1.68 and BRL1.74.
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Forget standing in line: the 85-slip marina will have you yacht-loaded and sea-bound in record time.
Pushing them so far against their ideological grain is bound to take time, but is still worth a serious try.
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At the same time, because Matsushita is bound by its promises of lifetime employment to existing staff, it cannot sack them.
Separated by nearly nine years, they are bound for all time, among the nearly 4, 500 American patriots who gave all that they had to give.
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At the other end of the table Swansea grabbed the title after a penalty from Matthew Bound two minutes from time gave them a 1-1 draw against Rotherham.
The Berkshire Hathaway meeting's expected all-time record attendance, which is bound to do wonders for Omaha's economy over the very short run, is a far cry from the puny 12 people ("including my relatives, " Buffett told Forbes) that didn't even fill a small room back in 1982, in the days before Buffett became widely known as the Sage of Omaha.
But the Rugby World Cup is bound to be a proud time for New Zealand.
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Competition for capital is bound to increase in that time, given the coming torrent of government-debt issuance.
For all intents and purposes, an independent counsel is accountable to no one and is bound by no budget or time constraints.
The bonuses on Wall Street may be reduced greatly for the time being, but they are still bound to be big money.
But the defence lawyers, who can point to the ten years the prosecution has had to prepare its case, are bound to ask for more time.
If the governance structure of the congregation is the pastor listening to Jesus and filling the flock in on the message with no one else knowing anything about how the money is accounted for, there are bound to be problems from time to time.
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Public doctors explained to me that while they are ethically (and legally) bound to afford themselves adequate time to give their patients an accurate diagnosis, there is far more money to be made by packing the daily patient list as tightly as possible and offering additional time later to those who can pay.
Like the British Empire, however, the seafaring group is bound to wax and wane over time.
Joe would bound up from his chair every time they rang the bell on some important news release.
And no matter what time of year it is, there is bound to be a film festival going on in some part of the country.
Walk into any gold shop, at any time of the year, and you are bound to find customers choosing a gold bracelet or biscuit.
"It was really about marrying two aspects: being tightly bound physically but at the same time, being very spirited and free inside, " she said.
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