Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [art] [adj] hour " in BNC.
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1 | Nor did they make any serious efforts to derive income from a huge fixed asset , which was used for only a few hours a week . |
2 | A thousand feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be — especially with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand . |
3 | Just 1,000 feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be , especially one with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand ! |
4 | When the tide springs up the shore the furthest , it also recedes the furthest — uncovering pools which may be accessible by foot for only a few hours each year . |
5 | By contrast , some of the smallest features seen have lasted for only a few hours . |
6 | Officers expect to strike for only a few hours , and Association leaders will meet later this week to finalise the details . |
7 | It was after ten o'clock , and he would be quite right to disapprove , if it were n't for the fact that , in spite of appearances , she had slept for only a few hours last night . |
8 | But most MEPs say the parliament should be in Brussels where they have their offices , and have signed a lease-buy deal on a £171 million debating chamber in Brussels which involves a legal obligation of annual rent of £16.7 million and will now be used for just a few hours each year . |
9 | Instead of being admitted for the night , she 'll be here for just a few hours . |
10 | The daily body rhythms are timed similarly in different individuals , and in the same individual on different days , with regular differences of only a few hours between the timing of , say , the body temperature rhythm in ‘ larks ’ and ‘ owls ’ , for example . |
11 | If the sociologist regards the interview schedule ( and , as we shall discuss later , the questionnaire ) in this way then he will not rush blithely into the field with a schedule which is the product of just a few hours ' odd jottings on rough paper . |
12 | The 28,000 mile race could be settled within the space of just a few hours this weekend . |
13 | A working week of over a hundred hours should have been ruinous for the libido , looking back . |
14 | One moment he had been looking forward to a happy and wealthy retirement and now , minutes later , he was a condemned criminal with only a few hours left to live . |
15 | It 's not as though he 's a tourist with only a few hours . |
16 | At thirty-two , he was young enough not to look completely haggard , even after thirty-six hours with only the odd hour 's sleep , but his dark hair was plastered to his head and the brown eyes were sunk back in his head and reddened with smoke and exhaustion . |
17 | She too should find suitable work , and start with just a few hours , perhaps one or two days a week , before building up towards full-time work if she wishes . |
18 | Within only a few hours of the big bang , the production of helium and other elements would have stopped . |
19 | It has previously been shown that infiltration of lymphocytes in the submucosa occurs within only a few hours after gliadin challenge . |
20 | Watched by a demonstration of 5000 jeering westerners at the Brandenburg Gate , and by Mr Willi Brandt , the then Mayor of West Berlin who referred to ‘ the vacant eyes of uniformed compatriots doing their duty on the other side ’ , the soldiers completed the first barrier in only a few hours . |
21 | On the other hand Nova Cygni 1975 , which rose to magnitude 1.8 in only a few hours , dropped below naked-eye visibility in less than a week , and by now I have lost sight of it even with the 39-cm reflector in my observatory . |
22 | Tickets for the show , which is being backed by the Arts Council , the City Council , and the Merseyside Development Corporation , sold out in only a few hours . |
23 | However , within just a few hours , as the region continued to collapse , the difference in the gravitational forces on his head and his feet would become so strong that again it would tear him apart . |
24 | In just a few hours , a doomed cell separates from its neighbours and shrinks , while its nucleus changes shape and fragments . |
25 | Dressing hurriedly , he dashed outside to find that , in just a few hours , the whole world had been transformed . |
26 | While our friends have made their new houses look good in just a few hours with a lick of paint , we 've had to put up new ceilings , repair skirting boards and hack off layers of old tiles . |
27 | Sit down at your machine with a cassette player and knit , following Diane 's clear and helpful explanations and in just a few hours YOU will be the master of your machine ! |
28 | Small areas of rot can be cut out and filled with two-part epoxy resin , which should give a strong permanent bond , with the advantage that several layers can be applied in just a few hours , and then easily sanded to a fine finish . |
29 | And she had n't honestly thought he had — until just a few hours ago on the beach when he 'd said that this was goodbye . |
30 | Although adults can wait for an expected reward , for example until the end of the month for their salary , pre-school children can not wait for even a few hours . |