Example sentences of "hours work " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interestingly , a 12-hour day is regularly being practised in those countries where an afternoon siesta is taken , and also by those watch-keepers on merchant ships where the shift pattern of the officers is often 4 hours work followed by 8 hours leisure and sleep , the combination being undertaken twice each 24 hours . |
| 2 | Hours of work required to pay for everyday items , based on average wages , vary enormously : a pair of men 's leather shoes means nearly six hours work in West Germany , and 28 hours in the East ; a comparable colour television set , about 100 hours against 850 . |
| 3 | Intending to get up early and do two hours work before breakfast is less likely to happen than planning to do it . |
| 4 | Ten hours work each day in the Factory , three meals of hidden meat without fresh vegetables and fruit . |
| 5 | However , the largest of these in 1892 set to work only 253 out of 716 applicants in West Ham , converting wasteland to allotments at 6d. an hour for 45 hours work per week . |
| 6 | 18 Sam is paid $168 for 40 hours work . |
| 7 | Find his pay for 38 hours work . |
| 8 | 19 What is Dean paid for 38 hours work at $2.80 an hour ? |
| 9 | 20 Jerry 's pay is $99 for 36 hours work . |
| 10 | And erm but I mean I remember when I I was doing er work with the Open University now I was a sort of er tutor with them or counsellor with them and I think we used to say ten to fifteen hours work a week |
| 11 | They said we 'd receive eighty cents a day for six hours work and promised us good food , good houses to live in . |
| 12 | They settled on ten pounds for four hours work , eight to twelve . |
| 13 | Even where it is possible to clear up after the day 's work , another couple of unpaid hours work is added to the women 's costs and subtracted from those of her employer . |
| 14 | The visit will also generate a bank of copies of handwritten and printed material which will form the basis for many hours work in class later on . |
| 15 | It 's different yes , you , you 're breaking work and non-work because otherwise you break up , it becomes twenty four hours work . |
| 16 | I 'm sure we can get an accountant to come and speak to us , but we might have to pay him for two hours work , you see . |
| 17 | they are required to do five hours work for you a day |
| 18 | Well if Steve goes for this interview he 's working till , he 'll not be in till half past eight because he says all that week he can gain four hours work because erm he 's found out you do n't have to finish after two hours , you can work as much you like , finish at ten o'clock at night if you want . |