Sentence examples for detention hours from inspiring English sources

And on a day of fast-moving events, prominent opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was released from detention, hours after MPs authorised the move.

Detentions: Hour-long, once a week.

Their detention came hours after a federal court in Sydney ordered Japan to end this year's cull of almost 1,000 whales, ruling the hunt illegal because it is being conducted in Australia's exclusive economic zone.

He was asked endless questions in 10 days under detention, for hours every day ― questions that he has no answers for.

Today most American high schools boast two kinds of detention: the hour kind, for folks who mouth off a bit or are late more than once, and the extended detention, which lasts at least two hours and prohibits children from doing anything but homework.

In 2014 the home secretary, Theresa May, moved to limit the scope of the powers by introducing a requirement for solicitors to be present, and reducing the maximum time for detention from nine hours and to six hours.

Under French law, Mr. Forgeard's lawyer has the right to be with his client for the first half-hour of his 24-hour detention and can see him again for another half-hour if his detention is extended to a second day.

But a person with direct knowledge of the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters, said Mr. Forgeard had been placed in detention for 24 hours, which could be extended for another 24 hours.

The man was released without charge after several hours' detention.

My humiliating and physically very uncomfortable detention lasted 26 hours.

The detention lasted nine hours, the legal limit of Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act.