Example sentences of "[art] hours of [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | All through the hours of dusk he crouched beneath an overhang of bushes under the broken edge of the plateau on which the church stood , and listened to the comings and goings above his head , where the garrison of Parfois boiled with agitated preparations for its lord 's home-coming . |
| 2 | The danger became more numerous and terrible in the New Kingdom texts of the Book of Amduat and the Book of Gates , in which the Underworld was divided into twelve divisions , the hours of night . |
| 3 | that the hours of work required for a person to be treated as in ‘ remunerative work ’ will be reduced from not fewer than 24 to not fewer than 16 hours a week from April 1992 . |
| 4 | That is , transfers are fewer for those in administrative posts and in specialist sex abuse units , and the hours of work are less disruptive to home life . |
| 5 | A committee at the Ministry of Labour had also worked out with industrialists methods of shifting the hours of work to avoid the winter peak times , and this load spreading helped a lot to contain industrial peak demand at these crucial times . |
| 6 | In short , then , neither the technical environment of work nor the hours of work the housewife puts in at her job are linked with patterns of work satisfaction and dissatisfaction in the present sample . |
| 7 | The hours of work appear sometimes ridiculously long . |
| 8 | And then much of this leeway was made up and the capacity being there er , well the hours of work were getting tackled then , they 'd been longer hours and er I think as a a boy coming out of apprenticeship , er the forty seven hour week had come into being . |
| 9 | I was thinking about becoming a doctor beforehand , but I still was not sure — I did n't know about the hours of work , the jobs done , the environment , and the stamina needed to last through a full day 's work — but this experience has made up my mind . |
| 10 | A former Secretary of State for Energy , the right hon. Member for Worcester ( Mr. Walker ) , on being asked about a change in the hours of work legislation by the Energy Select Committee in 1986 , said that ’ if it had gone through all its processes . |
| 11 | The hours of liberty are long , full of wonder and narrow escapes , precautions , hidden devices and daring . |
| 12 | Many Catfish are crepuscular , that is to say they are most active during the hours of twilight around dawn and dusk . |
| 13 | We extended the hours of service considerably , right away , and managed to persuade Charlie Crane , manager of the city 's main hotel , Grant Hall , to give us free use of a room on the top floor at the back of the building . |
| 14 | If what he says is true , which is highly unlikely , they must visit his latrine during the hours of darkness . |
| 15 | The Allied artillery appeared to have moved to the south of Bavent and are concentrating their barrages during the hours of darkness , and the early morning , between three and four o'clock . |
| 16 | The advance was to have been made during the hours of darkness and across country , keeping away from the roads and lanes . |
| 17 | Someone in the Works and Buildings Department , haunted by the thought of these urinals gushing pointlessly at regular intervals all through the hours of darkness , Sundays and public holidays , had hit on this means of reducing the University 's water rate . |
| 18 | During the summer , when Sirius rises heliacally , only twelve of these divisions of the sky can be seen rising during the hours of darkness , and it was this that led to the twelve-hour division of the night . |
| 19 | The very high bore tides rarely occured during the hours of darkness , but he knew this one was predicted to be a twenty seven footer , and that meant danger . |
| 20 | Standing together in the back yard of the ‘ Windy Ridge ’ , all four of them momentarily experienced that eerie silence that always prevailed on the banks of the River Severn at high water during the hours of darkness . |
| 21 | The plants will respirate during the hours of darkness , giving off carbon dioxide and absorbing oxygen . |
| 22 | During the hours of darkness a lone torpedo-bomber attempted a daring attack on the battleship ‘ Queen Elizabeth ’ , which was sailing with Force ‘ H ’ but was destined as reinforcement for the Mediterranean Fleet . |
| 23 | Equally obviously the questioners were seeking confirmation of the rituals they believed had taken place ; rituals that included real or simulated sexual acts between adults and children in the hours of darkness ; acts that included ritualistic music , dance and dress . |
| 24 | ‘ which carries obligatory lamps ’ 'Obligatory lamps ' , in relation to a vehicle , means such of the obligatory front lamps , obligatory headlamps and obligatory rear lamps as the vehicle is required , by virtue of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations , to carry when on a road during the hours of darkness ( as defined by the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations ) . |
| 25 | during the hours of darkness |
| 26 | ‘ during the hours of darkness ’ This point means the time between half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise . |
| 27 | ‘ during the hours of darkness ’ This point is proved in accordance with local custom if it is found necessary . |
| 28 | during the hours of darkness without contravention of a statutory provision relating to obligatory lamps ( or reflectors ) and applicable to that vehicle , namely … |
| 29 | ‘ during the hours of darkness without contravention of a statutory provision relating to obligatory lamps ( or reflectors ) and applicable to that vehicle , namely … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ during the hours of darkness without contravention of a statutory provision relating to obligatory lamps ( or reflectors ) and applicable to that vehicle , namely … |