Example sentences of "[art] [adj] hours [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he put through a bill to suspend for five years the Seven Hours Act , which had restricted maximum daily hours for the coal industry since 1919 , following the Eight Hours Act of 1908 . |
| 2 | Ella , who has provided much sterling work towards the infant GCR , and over many years since , celebrated her birthday on board the 15.00 hours departure from Loughborough Central on Saturday , July 4 , along with many of the ‘ grass-roots ’ of the membership , of Main Line Steam Trust , who had specially provided a cake , complete with candles , and many cards signed by well-wishers of the railway . |
| 3 | ‘ Ca n't a woman get a few hours sleep of an after-noon ? ’ the slattern inquired of Didier . |
| 4 | Within a few hours drive of Gwent , for instance , lie some fascinating areas — the Forest of Dean , formerly a major coal-producing area ; Snowdonia , where the evidence of centuries of quarrying and mineral extraction is heaped everywhere ; Pembrokeshire , where pretty fishing villages once exported coal , and Cornwall where mining was once a much bigger earner than cream teas . |
| 5 | Only a few hours drive from Glasgow to a world of serenity and tranquillity . |
| 6 | In a few hours time in Toronto Lynn Gibson will be racing for Britain in the 800 metres … |
| 7 | With excellent huts only a few hours walk from our tent and the possibility of traversing passes between them , we were spoilt for choice . |