Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] hours ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1988 , people were often given only six hours ' notice — sometimes less — of the imminence of their removal to new homes and the destruction of their old ones . |
| 2 | Juniors must be paid appropriately for the hours that they work : if they are getting only three hours ' rest at night they are working the equivalent of a partial shift and should be paid accordingly . |
| 3 | ‘ The hardest part of the ‘ Challenge ’ was standing at the wheel in the cockpit after only four hours ' sleep , feeling like you were being bombarded by cannons firing icy water . |
| 4 | In 1942 , 881 Aleuts had been forced to leave the Aleutian Islands in the north Pacific Ocean at only two hours ' notice following a Japanese landing to the north . |
| 5 | At the Third Reading , for instance , at a stage when one would expect very few amendments of any substance , some thirty-two amendments were put down on only twenty-four hours ' notice . |
| 6 | Pattaya is approximately 2 hours ' drive from Bangkok on the Gulf of Siam . |
| 7 | Providing recordings of approximately 10 hours ' duration on open reel tape . |
| 8 | CHARTBUSTERS Undercover are set to rake in £500,000 … for just three hours ' work . |
| 9 | Until now they have claimed it is a world away from the horrors just five hours ' down the road in Miami — so chillingly portrayed in the TV series Miami Vice . |
| 10 | A couple who ran a social club for three years are taking legal action after being given just two hours ' notice to leave their jobs and home . |
| 11 | Blanche looked a little ragged at the edges , her sergeant noted indulgently , but was otherwise unmarked by just four hours ' sleep the night before . |
| 12 | Erm , I go through stages , normally I need eight hours ' sleep , always eight hours ' sleep , but I do n't really sleep in . |
| 13 | The marvellous historic and cultural cities of Edinburgh , Berwick-on-Tweed , and Glasgow are under two hours ' drive away . |
| 14 | It was a quick turnaround ; the last leg to Manchester , nearly five hours ' flying time , would be exhausting . |
| 15 | The evening came to an end after about three hours ' dancing , the final speeches being made by the local dignitaries , this being followed by a round of applause for the French people , led by a British Officer . |
| 16 | The site was about three hours ' drive away from London and also had good communications with the north of the country . |
| 17 | On his site check our instructor found he was severely affected by reduced ‘ g ’ , although he had about 60 hours ' solo gliding . |
| 18 | It is not available in the first year of the policy and in the second year only £250 — about two hours ' worth for a top London matrimonial lawyer -will be met for each party . |
| 19 | Blair and I also walked out to another , superb loch where we had splendid sport , Scarilode ; about two hours ' walk along a good track from Market Stance , past Rueval , where Charles Edward Stewart lay waiting for Flora Macdonald , prior to his flight from the Hebrides . |
| 20 | The new gold rush revolves round the so-called Mother Lode , in the lower foothills of the Sierra Nevada , about two hours ' drive from San Francisco . |
| 21 | On the Saturday before our departure our group was sent off for a day 's grape picking at Puyloubier , the rest home for injured and retired former legionnaires , in the foothills of Provence , about two hours ' drive from Aubagne . |
| 22 | do n't start me on that , I 'll be doing it in about two hours ' time . |
| 23 | The fact that Blake was missing was not discovered until 7.20 p.m. and the first call to the police did not occur until 7.43 p.m. so Blake had roughly two hours ' start . |
| 24 | The good old Ordnance Survey Landrangers guided our way and after about 2½ hours ' driving we pulled up alongside the river and could n't believe our eyes … |
| 25 | In the third game , he outplayed Karpov in the late middlegame and early ending , and then made a fatal blunder after almost six hours ' play . |
| 26 | Corman called ‘ It 's a wrap ’ on Friday evening , and realized that he still had almost forty-eight hours ' usage left on the warehouse and sets he had rented for The Raven . |
| 27 | The NSF Council had issued a decree guaranteeing freedom of assembly on Jan. 3 , although organizers of public meetings were required by law to give at least 48 hours ' notice to the authorities . |
| 28 | We will keep all appointments on the day notified to you , or otherwise give you at least 24 hours ' notice of cancellation . |
| 29 | The answer to the question ‘ which insulin regime ? ’ must be ‘ the one which produces the most satisfactory glycaemic control over 24 hours ' . |