Example sentences of "[art] long hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would like to open an informal , family-run restaurant in the country one day , so he can eventually imagine returning to the long hours of hotel and restaurant work . |
| 2 | The cause of Mr Hemingway 's ‘ uncharacteristic errors ’ — failing to see that the old wire was detached at the fuse end and insulated at the relay end — is attributed to the long hours he worked . |
| 3 | It will reveal the limitations to the interpretation a player can give , say , Bartok 's ‘ Mikrokosmos ’ without the long hours of practice and thought which are currently necessary for the mastery of both the piano and the music itself . |
| 4 | Here is William Wheeler , the last great encyclopediast of ants ( 1910 ) , describing Amazon ants at home : they sit about in stolid idleness , or pass the long hours begging the slaves for food or cleaning themselves and burnishing their ruddy armour . |
| 5 | If they were not lying securely in their graves , awaiting the Day of Judgement , what might they not be up to in the long hours of darkness , as the boards creaked and the wind howled on Wuthering Heights ? |
| 6 | We can only imagine that the long hours between distractions dragged interminably . |
| 7 | The long hours — most of his staff are working 18 hours a day — and the pressure are taking their toll on his campaign team , many of whom are clearly very tired . |
| 8 | Not everyone can last the course down here ; they find the long hours and the winter climate not to their liking , and there is a high drop-out rate . ’ |
| 9 | They testify to the long hours he has spent working under the eye of his father , Bob . |
| 10 | Mr Ashdown has been quick to contrast his 55 walkabouts with Mr Kinnock 's ‘ three ’ , and he has put in the long hours with a soldier 's determination to ‘ get the job done ’ . |
| 11 | We have acted to reduce the long hours worked by junior doctors in hospitals . |
| 12 | Music , for both of us , is a part of life we treasure , and Michael has found his records and tapes a constant source of happiness during the long hours of inactivity forced upon him . |
| 13 | The long hours of the night stretched ahead of her and the prospect opened a well of loneliness within her . |
| 14 | In the long hours when there were no customers to show she was expected to lend a hand with some of the unskilled tasks — running errands and making tea , unpicking a seam or a hem , even sewing on a button or a hook and eye when she had been taught the proper way to do it . |
| 15 | Nor , in the long hours of her sleeping , when he and Diniz shared the same room , did he say more than he thought might reassure the young Portuguese . |
| 16 | When they complained of the long hours , Peckinpah had them fired . |
| 17 | STIMULATED TO STUDY There 's no escaping the long hours spent alone with your notes — but there are variations that could even prove enjoyable |
| 18 | ‘ Those sorts of people do n't tend to notice the long hours ! ’ |
| 19 | And in Gascoigne 's absence he played the fool to lighten the mood during the long hours of inactivity that footballers must put up with . |
| 20 | It is a moment before the long hours in cramped quarters , which makes up spending a night in a couchette . |
| 21 | Medical advances almost invariably increase the demands on doctors ' time , and it is this increased intensity of working that has made the long hours of many doctors intolerable . |
| 22 | The long hours worked by preregistration house officers , the high service commitment , and the low rating given to the educational aspects of the job have led to numerous criticisms of this part of medical education . |
| 23 | A common criticism levelled at the preregistration year concerns the long hours of work . |
| 24 | No matter how deep their urban roots , workers found difficulty in coming to terms with the long hours , unhealthy environment , and frequent accidents at work . |
| 25 | Furthermore , the long hours of housework are , as many feminists have stressed , unpaid and do not receive any recognition as productive labour in national income statistics . |
| 26 | There is a " down side " to this aspect of a career in advertising for the long hours can and do interfere with attempts to strike a balance between work and play , career and home . |
| 27 | But it did make a difference — she realized that in the long hours she lay awake thinking about it . |
| 28 | She gives accounts of the long hours worked by women and the effort put into maintaining what were seen as adequate standards . |
| 29 | It had the same feel to it that she knew from the long hours she 'd spent experiencing the mass-market romantic slush that Madreidetic packed into their holos . |
| 30 | He thought about the long hours , the continuous toil , the mistakes , the mishaps , the inefficiency and the constant battle to build what he now saw before him . |