Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] even hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | Minerals giving very low intensity emission , such as quartz grains , required many minutes or even hours of exposure with fast films . |
| 2 | The presence of this second pair of cords is thought to be the secret behind the extraordinary purring mechanism that permits the animal to produce the soft , rumbling sound for minutes and even hours on end , without any effort and without opening the mouth . |
| 3 | Given that conditions had changed greatly in forty years , and that ‘ the right to know ’ had in every walk of life assumed paramount importance , it seemed nevertheless unrealistic — even allowing for the vastly different scale of the conflict — for relatives of servicemen to protest at lack of information over but a few days or even hours . |
| 4 | They must be able to cope with aridity , high daily and seasonal temperature ranges , seasonal swings in photoperiod from long days to long nights , and a growing season ranging in length from three to four months on the polar fringes to a few days or even hours in higher latitudes . |
| 5 | Over a period of days or even hours , pollution concentrations may rise to levels which pose a threat to people 's health . |
| 6 | A third of all fledglings die within days or even hours . |