Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carers who do not withdraw altogether from the labour market nevertheless often have to reduce or restrict the hours they can work . |
| 2 | For example , those responsible for the labour budget will know the hours required for forthcoming period and can therefore plan to ensure this requirement is available . |
| 3 | It would probably add to the complications in my life but it would probably lessen the hours that I have on my own , though God knows , I do n't do too badly . |
| 4 | Additionally , the nurses can be given responsibility for determining how they will allocate the hours between themselves and on which days they will report for duty . |
| 5 | I do n't see how she can do the hours , with the hours that she 's doing , I mean she 's still in the Penny Farthing when I came here cos I went to pay her the money . |
| 6 | Is then an MP , who must keep the hours of a street-walker ; who is understood to be — if the public is to be believed — either impotent or corrupt ; who spends the best years of his life listening to Ministers , speeches , and to the complaints of his constituents ; is he to receive as his only reward after twenty years of service a signed photograph of Jim Prior ? |
| 7 | Some writers have suggested that men get paid more than women because women can neither work the hours necessary to earn the higher rates , nor do they possess the skills to get the better jobs because of the time and effort they expend on the care of home and children . |
| 8 | One complained in 1802 : " In the factory we can never work the hours we can at home , nor make the best of our time . |
| 9 | We can juggle the hours around a bit to fit in with other things . ’ |
| 10 | You know that if you kill yourself with fatigue , you 'll have no hours left at all . |
| 11 | Speak to your line manager in the first instance if you want to find out whether you can change the hours you work . |
| 12 | Not everybody believes a profusion of summits are a good investment of prime ministerial time : the results do not always justify the hours and the nervous energy spent . |
| 13 | I did query , I did query the hours with her , the other week . |