| But setting deadlines does not help and frankly we do not think a meaningful handover can take place in a short timespan. |
| However, indicators are not used for policy monitoring or planning purposes, nor are intermediate targets for the timespan of the plan set. |
| Some of these will be cost-saving immediately or over a short timespan. |
| The wide timespan that was required to introduce colour television in different countries, and the need to remain compatible with existing monochrome systems, meant that no single colour standard was acceptable to all. |
| The cropped timespan, 22 minutes in a half hour television broadcast, means that everything must be to the bare bones. |
| For that reason, a professional public service signifies to us much more an attitude, outlook and level of performance, than it does the full timespan of a career. |
