Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] hours ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was now preparing his speech to the Academy , due to meet in eight hours ' time at the behest of the military . |
| 32 | JAGUAR car workers are to put in nine hours ' overtime each week to complete the biggest single car order in the company 's history . |
| 33 | It finally came home then to Delaney what they were about to do in several hours ' time . |
| 34 | He can play 18 holes , then put in several hours ' practice afterwards and still be in good shape . |
| 35 | In four hours ' time there will come a roar like an emergency pitstop at Silverstone , and the next feed will be due . |
| 36 | Fripp , 25 , of King George Road , Ware , who admitted burglary and two charges of handling , was sentenced to 180 hours ' community service . |
| 37 | Rupert 's surviving on 5 hours ' sleep a night . |
| 38 | On follow-up , when these subjects were sleeping only 6 hours but not feeling sleepy any more during the day , the proportions of sleep stages were no different from the period in the experiment when they were being restricted to 6 hours ' sleep ( when this restriction did mace them feel sleepy ) . |
| 39 | Harry Lamb worked on his father 's farm , managed on five hours ' sleep a night and studied to prepare himself for the Church of Ireland ministry . |
| 40 | Both interventions involved minimal , project oriented teacher training and were circumscribed , involving three to five hours ' delivery time overall . |
| 41 | National Certificate courses are modular in structure , with students receiving credits for units of up to 40 hours ' study . |
| 42 | Depending on the driver 's experience of mountain roads , anything from 7 to 9 hours ' driving is involved . |
| 43 | She had to work night and day and survive on two hours ' sleep . |
| 44 | You ca n't think clearly on four hours ' sleep . |
| 45 | Area Health Authority to apply on four hours ' notice to all parties ( such notice to be sufficiently given by telephone ) to vary or discharge this injunction . |
| 46 | Convicted of negligent discharge of oil , Hazelwood was sentenced to 1,000 hours ' community service to help clean up oil-polluted beaches and was ordered to pay US$50,000 in restitution to the state for his part in the spill . |
| 47 | New formulae claim anything from 15 to 24 hours ' efficacy , so check the small print on the pack ! |
| 48 | Then I did my first modelling job and got $400 for two hours ' work . |
| 49 | Instead , James Norris , an American and the person who had put forward Barbara Ward 's name in the first instance , found himself having to deliver a special address , and in Latin , at six hours ' notice . |
| 50 | Her controversial withdrawal from Wimbledon in 1991 , at 72 hours ' notice , met with a cool response from Wimbledon and the Press . |
| 51 | The treaty outlined a complex system of quotas and agreed technology ( including cameras , video cameras , infra-red scanning equipment and all-weather radar ) to allow signatory countries to overfly at 72 hours ' notice other countries for military reconnaissance purposes . |
| 52 | At the core of the treaty was a detailed procedure for " challenge inspections " , under which at 108 hours ' notice international inspectors could investigate sites suspected of being used for making or storing chemical weapons . |
| 53 | A large peacekeeping force is now being assembled , ready to move at 48 hours ' notice . |
| 54 | Dinner can be provided at twenty-four hours ' notice , and in addition , your hosts will recommend local pubs and restaurants . |