Sentence examples for four hours rest from inspiring English sources

Those rules allowed the use of harsh procedures banned from Guantánamo, including using sleep deprivation, to as little as four hours' rest each 24 hours, and making prisoners stand or crouch in positions for up to an hour, according to Senate aides who have read the confidential document.

According to the airlines, crew work shifts are legal as long as the flight schedule allows for nine hours rest between shifts, or eight hours in limited circumstances.

He later told Gray's family he was tired and stressed, having had only three hours' rest before he started the shift, his first in the UK.

By 1983, the 38-hour work week was the standard in Australian contracts, designed to honour the original cry of the stonemasons: eight hours work, eight hours leisure and eight hours rest.

Several pilots' unions and the airlines have clashed in recent years over the F.A.A.'s interpretation of a regulation that requires pilots to have at least eight hours rest during the 24 hours before they fly.

Begum says Saudi authorities have taken steps to improve the situation for domestic workers, including adopting labour regulations for domestic workers in 2013 that guarantee a monthly payment of wages, paid holiday and nine hours' rest per day, but this falls short of international standards, while the kafala and exit visa systems still exist.

He then goes to class on two hours' rest and tries to stay awake.

Earlier that century, the Welsh reformer Robert Owen had coined the slogan "Eight hours' labour, eight hours' recreation, eight hours' rest".

I, on the other hand, am a very light and quiet sleeper and need eight hours rest.

The practice of clocking in for an eight-hour (or longer) workday is a hangover from the days of the Industrial Revolution, as reflected in the then-popular saying, "Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest".

Tests were directly observed between 0800 and 1800 hours with a minimum of two hours rest for the animals between tests.