Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [art] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also a broad uniformity in the hours worked by those in manual occupations both across gender and geographical area . |
| 2 | Standing together in the back yard of the ‘ Windy Ridge ’ , all four of them momentarily experienced that eerie silence that always prevailed on the banks of the River Severn at high water during the hours of darkness . |
| 3 | It seems to me that anyone having a job done should take careful note of the hours worked , or spent , on it and how many men are employed , or , at least , on the spot . |
| 4 | Understandably , there was a tremendous variation in the hours worked on the farms with one well-established and organised family putting in a 28-hour week . |
| 5 | Time 's winged chariot , complete with skeleton and scythe , is converted during the play from being a trivial ornament in an artist 's studio to a darker symbol of Dorian 's decline , and the whole drama unfolds under a vast sundial , bedecked with clouds but surrounded by Roman numerals for the hours . |
| 6 | As I escorted him , none too gently , to the door , I thanked my lucky stars for the hours of self-defence training that I had undergone , at my father 's insistence , from the age of twelve onwards . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a bind ; a poor return for the hours the average county cricketer puts in . ’ |
| 8 | So the day passed normally , with the usual ritual of work and reading , study and prayer punctuated by the regular round of the hours . |
| 9 | The strains are emotional as much as physical , as the carer tries to keep everyone happy as well as trying to make sure , as far as possible , that no harm befalls the elderly mothers during the hours that they spend on their own . |
| 10 | This cascade results in structural modifications to synapses and dendrites and is reflected in alterations in the electrical properties of the cells , as shown by changes in their spontaneous , rhythmic , electrical activity in the hours after training . |
| 11 | The Select Committee on the Hours of Sitting , chaired by my right hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale ( Mr. Jopling ) , is carrying forward its work with vigour and enthusiasm . |
| 12 | Avoid hot sun between the hours of 11am–2pm . |
| 13 | This in turn is usually measured in a building surveying practice in terms of billable value of the hours for all fee earners . |
| 14 | They described some four hundred used by monks and nuns of certain religious orders during the hours of silence . |
| 15 | A recent survey in Sydney showed that only 3% of the organists in that city are remunerated at a realistic level for the hours and work involved . |
| 16 | This has the obvious advantage that all countries match their local time to the hours of daylight , but it also means that different countries have different local times . |