The phrase
"predictable times" refers to moments or situations when the outcome or events can be easily foreseen or expected. It means that you can anticipate what will happen because it is familiar and does not usually change.
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Even the way you use the spaces in your home can establish a sense of routine and structure - consider using different rooms or play areas
at predictable times of day.
The gags are even
more predictable this time around, because, well, they've been done in the pretty much the same way with mostly the same results.
Each year, hundreds to thousands of fish aggregate at
highly predictable times and locations to spawn, producing larvae that will spend at least a month in the plankton before settling to reef habitat.
for classes with the quickest animations, Intrepid may want to consider an entirely different, more
predictable timing mechanism for players to work with than the current randomized combo system.
Recent research has shown that there are
predictable times during the first few years of a child's life when he may be more demanding (fussier) than usual.
Your toddler is having a poo
at predictable times and they know they're doing it — perhaps they hide behind the sofa or the door
Perlow details concrete steps she and her researchers used to unshackle one sad team of Boston management consultants from their BlackBerrys with a scheme she dubbed «
predictable time off.»
Just as your newspaper shows up at
a predictable time each day, so should your subscription content be regularly scheduled for customer consumption.
Secondly, the sun rises at
a predictable time every morning because MAN CREATED A SYSTEM TO PREDICT WHEN THINGS HAPPEN.
You know what would be better than
a predictable time capsule of a generation's latest iPhone and hover boards, buried deep underground for future humans to discover, study, and ponder over?
The episodes come at
a predictable time: usually in the late afternoon or evening and may end in the passing of gas or a bowel movement.
Some children don't go at
a predictable time.
Wikipedia on Progestin - Only Pills: «With no break in the dosage, flow does not initially occur at
a predictable time.
Republican Rep. John Faso continues to have a mixed view on the tax overhaul measure he voted against, saying an interview Friday he wants changes that either preserve deductability for state and local taxes or, at the very least, phase them out on
a predictable time table.
It was
predictable timing that Ruth Kelly published her white paper on «city regions» two weeks ago, as Labour rush (yet again), into another disastrous policy to avoid answering the West Lothian question before they get booted out of office.
These «
predictable time off» arrangements were in addition to any time off that occurred because of periods of light workloads, vacations, and personal leave.
They looked at the effects of something they called «
predictable time off» on employees of the Boston Consulting Group, an international consulting firm comprised of consultants, bankers, accountants, lawyers, and IT professionals.
Young people should totally know the exact plans for the evening and tell a parent those plans with
a predictable time home.
Bruce Greenwood turns in the most credible role as the class - conscious surgeon trying to subvert his daughter's fling, though we in the audience are waiting for
the predictable time that he will change his mind, convinced that there is no stopping his daughter's growing independence — so why not go with the flow and sign on?
The movie times its scares with
the predictable timing of relatively every horror movie ever made.
The goal of market timers is usually to buy more of asset classes that they think will go up over
a predictable time frame, and sell off securities predicted to go down, based on today's signal inputs, and of course before other investors do the same thing enough to effect prices.
You'll also learn how to predict the age of a puppy just by looking at the teeth because the various teeth erupt at
predictable times.
He will begin to lock on
the predictable times he goes in his crate.
But what makes dog toilet training easy is that there are
some predictable times when a young dog will just need to do it.
Whale sharks are found in other parts of Australia but Ningaloo is the only place in Australia where whale sharks are found in large numbers at
predictable times and are easily accessible to snorkelers.
The noncustodial parent should remember how much children need regular,
predictable time with both parents.