Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] hour [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John was brought to the surface at 3 a.m. on 31st October , having been entombed for 2 hours short of 23 days . |
| 2 | Another advantage is that , unlike gas turbines , diesels need little maintenance : a partial service after 2000 hours running time in the AP1-88 , followed by a complete overhaul after 8000 hours . |
| 3 | His fuel was exhausted after two hours flying time , and he made a successful forced landing three miles from Denham during which the chin cowling was dented and the propeller tip fractured . |
| 4 | Cancellation of the holiday after 24 hours delayed departure up to £3,000 . |
| 5 | The co-pilot held a West German Commercial Pilot Licence with instrument and instructor ratings , and had accumulated a total of 2,550 hours flying experience including fifty hours on the accident he had flown 120 hours , of which fifty hours were on the accident type . |
| 6 | The pilot-in-command held a West German Commercial Pilot Licence with instrument and instructor ratings endorsed as valid for flying Swiss registered aircraft and had accumulated a total of 2,600 hours flying experience , including 400 hours on the accident type . |
| 7 | Thus in R v Cornwall County Council , ex pCornwall and Isles of Scilly GALRO Panel ( 1991 ) The Times , 20 November an attempt to limit guardians to a maximum of 65 hours paid work in all but exceptionally complex cases was quashed . |
| 8 | Given this premise , we should not be surprised to find the police are in the forefront of support for proposals such as the introduction of identity cards ; it was not surprising to find the 1988 Superintendents ' Association conference not only supporting this motion , but arguing for the creation of twenty-four hour armed patrols throughout the country and making a plea for a national motorway squad . |
| 9 | ‘ In view of this the prisoner was advised that he would now be eligible for an extended period of 24 hours Compassionate Home Leave to attend the funeral , whenever it was arranged , ’ it said . |
| 10 | Isolated ventricular extrasystoles are frequently found in normal healthy adults , and occur in 1–4% of standard 12 lead recordings , and 39–67% of 24 hour ambulatory studies . |
| 11 | The routine use of 24 hour ambulatory gastric pH monitoring in comjunction with oesophageal pH monitoring can help identify those patients at risk . |
| 12 | Normal levels of 24 hour intragastric acidity have been observed in asymptomatic , presumably chronically infected , subjects , and acid secretion was not raised in H pylori positive subjects in the present study . |
| 13 | While short term evaluation after fundoplication , as a rule , shows normal values of 24 hour oesophageal pH measurements , rise of lower oesophageal sphincter pressure and probably correction of reflux induced disturbances of motility. little is known of the longterm effects of fundoplication on oesophageal function . |
| 14 | Fluids were withheld completely for 4 hours prior to surgery but Mr Reynolds was adequately hydrated and passed urine before his premedication was given . |
| 15 | She is able to eat and drink normally on the day she is admitted but on the following day is allowed nothing at all by mouth for 4 hours prior to surgery . |
| 16 | Cells were left for 18-36 hours post-transfection to allow growth to resume , then diluted and the antibiotic phleomycin ( Cayla , France ) added , usually at a concentration of 1.0 µg ml -1 ( the ble gene confers resistance to the bleomycin family of antibiotics , with phleomycin the most effective against eukaryotic cells ( 17 ) ) . |
| 17 | Well if they 're going onto eight hour regular they 'll probably they 'll probably still change their mind . |
| 18 | British Telecom is putting up some £1 million toward the project including three hours free time each day on OTS . |
| 19 | twins er set decks , tape to tape record , high speed dubbing and up two hours continuous playing |
| 20 | Twenty four hour ambulatory oesophageal pH monitoring was performed in 26 patients with Barrett 's columnar lined lower oesophagus and combined with 24 hour ambulatory gastric pH monitoring in 16 . |
| 21 | On the morning of the operation , Mr Reynolds was allowed nothing to eat or drink ( for 6 hours prior to the scheduled time for the surgery ) . |
| 22 | Does the extension in claimable hours alone account for the increase in the number of night visits ? |
| 23 | But the Marlboro McLaren team responded magnificently , rebuilding the four corners of the car — including suspension , brakes and electronics — in one-and-a-half hours flat . |
| 24 | Within 24 hours of treatment the growth pattern changes from the ‘ straight ’ to the ‘ coiling ’ form and in 72 hours numerous haustorial mounds can be seen . |
| 25 | Variability in 24 hour urinary albumin excretion within and between subjects was 35% and 66% respectively . |
| 26 | The Palace dismissed it as a fake , but within 24 hours Royal officials appeared to add weight to its authenticity by failing to reject it outright as a hoax . |
| 27 | To ask people whom you have previously never met to stand for nine hours answering questions is testament to their love of the hobby . |
| 28 | Mr Wallace immediately faxed a letter which was delivered by hand to the Reporter , asking for one hour extra to be allowed . |
| 29 | Furthermore , each child has access to eight hours daily nursery provision in France and five to six hours in Belgium . |
| 30 | The player also offers up to ten hours continuous playing time if two additional rechargeable batteries are added to the basic pair , which themselves provide up to two-and-a-half hours play . |