Example sentences of "[prep] [art] 24-hour period " in BNC.

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1 A word of warning : please consult your vet as to exactly what quantity of Eukanuba you should give your Rottweiler each day — it is very easy to put ON weight with Eukanuba if you are n't careful — and the instructions on the bag do suggest you allow your dog to take as much as he wished during the 24-hour period .
2 Managers review the distribution of work throughout the 24-hour periods and adjust the patient 's day where appropriate .
3 In this example the following specification is used : trains run regularly at 15-minute intervals throughout the 24-hour period .
4 On both days , the plants achieved their best-ever power production figure for a 24-hour period .
5 In the present version of the model the train timetable is fixed for a 24-hour period , with trains running every x minutes , x being a value specified by the user .
6 An alternative explanation , however , is that rhythms with a 24-hour period are received from the external world — but that these are picked up and transmitted to the body clock less effectively in premature babies .
7 The end result is that components with a 24-hour period are dominant , both in the environment and in the body clock , by the time the child has reached his fifth birthday .
8 He added that since the campaign started on 2 February , 175 weapons had been dumped in the bins sited at police stations in his division , 21 of them in the 24-hour period covering the time of the attack on PC Jobson .
9 The nylon stocking collects a ‘ phenomenal ’ amount of muck in a 24-hour period , says Ken .
10 Detention beyond the 24-hour period up to 36 hours can only be authorised by an officer of the rank of superintendent or above .
11 The profile would usually be the number of qualified and unqualified staff required for each span of duty over a 24-hour period .
12 Therefore , between 2 and 4 hours will be needed for shift overlap purposes over a 24-hour period .
13 Perform the latter test at the same time of day , as there can be a significant ( but not usually harmful ) fluctuation over a 24-hour period , particularly in a planted pool .
14 From this altitude their instruments view a swath of the Earth 's surface that extends 1500 km to either side of their suborbital tracks , so that a picture of the globe over a 24-hour period is built up .
15 14 second ( 70 seconds between vehicles ) , 0.23 second ( 35 seconds between vehicles ) and 1.8 seconds ( 10 seconds between vehicles ) with the maximum queue length over a 24-hour period being 2 , 2 and 8 vehicles respectively .
16 For instance , it is not realistic to expect that trains will run regularly at fixed intervals throughout the day and night , nor is it true that the mean time between vehicles is the same over a 24-hour period .
17 The good thing about the airlift was that pilots had clear visibility all the way into Tabubil — a rare happening in an area where rain is often measured in feet over a 24-hour period .
18 Thus a free-running rhythm indicates that the time-cues are not strong enough to entrain the body clock to a 24-hour period .
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