Congress put the new system into effect earlier this year, but only on a temporary basis.

He has held the post on a temporary basis for the past eight days.

She agreed to act as his secretary on a temporary basis.

I thought about it and decided that if you're playing God on a temporary basis you can get away with anything.

I'll put you in charge of the camp, on a temporary basis.

So the early buyers must look for outside participants, if only on a temporary basis.

Of the current staff, 5,000 are employed on a temporary basis, he said.

Marion Hall was once again used on a temporary basis.

The two were supposed to stay with the archbishop only on a temporary basis.

A growing number of these workers get jobs on a temporary basis, or work as consultants.

"Yeah, we've had some people like that come in on a temporary basis.

The rail line had been opened in March 1979 on a temporary basis.

"It's one alternative we're looking at for housing on a temporary basis."

Many have extra work to be done on a temporary basis."

People imported on a temporary basis to do practically everything.

So you do have an opening, if only on a temporary basis."

Do you know how much a secretary costs per hour, even on a temporary basis?"

Passed between 2001 and 2004, the president's major tax policy initiatives were approved on a temporary basis.

How do you pay for additional services that are needed on a temporary basis (such as nursing care)?

My lawyer says keeping the baby on a temporary basis can be extended a month at a time.

"We were assured it was on a temporary basis," the official said.

Other committees were created as needed, on a temporary basis, to review specific issues for the full House.

But the device is being used on a temporary basis to keep people alive long enough to receive a human heart.

At the very least, we can limit the growth of Chinese exports on a temporary basis.

Agency workers, too, were more likely to give not wanting a permanent job as their reason for working on a temporary basis.