Example sentences of "[adj] hours ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Training programmes were at different stages of development , with the effect that staff interviewed had received on average eleven hours ' training in one area , with between five and six hours in the other districts . |
| 2 | Tests of medical house doctors after a night spent on emergency admissions ( when they got an average of 1.5 hours ' sleep ) showed them to be significantly worse at a memory task designed to tap these skills than after a night off duty . |
| 3 | The last draft of the directive that was considered by the European Parliament refers to a normal minimum of eight hours ' work . |
| 4 | I have to say I prefer the four hour cos I can get eight hours ' taping on mine . |
| 5 | For eight hours ' sleep , I 'd knock off God and hang the frame on Jesus . |
| 6 | If there was one fixed rule in her life , it was to make sure that she had a regular eight hours ' sleep every night . |
| 7 | Leith gathered up her bag , her thoughts already on getting home and trying to get a full eight hours ' sleep so as to be sharp for work in the morning . |
| 8 | Erm , I go through stages , normally I need eight hours ' sleep , always eight hours ' sleep , but I do n't really sleep in . |
| 9 | Erm , I go through stages , normally I need eight hours ' sleep , always eight hours ' sleep , but I do n't really sleep in . |
| 10 | The eight hours ' duty was the property of Watch Committee and Chief Constable . |
| 11 | Rather a dreary , grey looking place not very eye catching to me but that did n't matter the next eight hours ' driving did . |
| 12 | He was now preparing his speech to the Academy , due to meet in eight hours ' time at the behest of the military . |
| 13 | In those days , we had n't got chromium buttons — I had gone home soaked to the skin , after eight hours ' rain , dried the stuff and was coming out next morning . |
| 14 | That meant she had a good eight hours ' start before anyone need even think about her absence . |
| 15 | After three-and-a-half hours ' deliberation , the jury awarded Mrs Swami , aged 49 , of Kingsbury , north-west London , £240,000 for the assaults , and £60,000 for false imprisonment . |
| 16 | Antonen , 54 , of Kidlington , Oxon , admitted drink-driving and was ordered to do 180 hours ' community service and banned for three years . |
| 17 | Fripp , 25 , of King George Road , Ware , who admitted burglary and two charges of handling , was sentenced to 180 hours ' community service . |
| 18 | The course provides 120 hours ' work — about 8 hours per unit . |
| 19 | A sentence of 120 hours ' community service on the attacker yesterday was condemned by Nicola 's mother Sue . |
| 20 | Each was ordered to do 120 hours ' community service and pay £850 costs . |
| 21 | On average you get a maximum of £60 — £100 , paid in instalments after the first 12 hours ' delay . |
| 22 | or , if you continue on your holiday , we will give you £20 compensation for the first 12 hours ' delay ; for each subsequent 12-hour delay we will give you a further £10 — up to a maximum of £60 per person in total . |
| 23 | Bassist Jennifer — 12 hours ' sleep in three days , we reckon — adding : ‘ I 'm having a really bad night tonight and I do n't know what it is , but the next person who smacks the mic or stands on our gear … |
| 24 | Their huts were 12 hours ' journey from the nearest main road , and the occasional and always unexpected arrival of the maximo lider was a cause for rejoicing and an indication that somebody , somewhere actually cared for them and took an interest in their otherwise isolated and neglected lives . |
| 25 | He was fined £3,500 and told to do 140 hours ' community service . |
| 26 | Pattaya is approximately 2 hours ' drive from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam . |
| 27 | At about 7.30 p.m. , after two and a half hours ' sleep curled up on the floor of the trench , I made my way out of the orchard and on to the road . |
| 28 | Or else if you 're driving up to Stranraer it 's a , it 's a good three and half hours ' drive plus your petrol . |
| 29 | This fire officer , however , refused to allow the use of a sizeable proportion of the props , around which the entire show was structured ; and , although the Prince and Princess of Wales were arriving in one and a half hours ' time along with five Cabinet ministers , and the cast would have no time to rehearse without the props they relied upon , he was not to be budged . |
| 30 | The task of David Pomeranz in writing , and Adrian Reynolds in presentation , was to get this story into a two and a half hours ' stage show and to make it entertaining . |