Sentence examples for given time off work from inspiring English sources
To make sure that the referendum to approve the new constitution went smoothly, Rwandans were given time off work to register to vote.
Copts were given time off work to prepare for the funeral, and a national day of mourning has been declared.
Some said they were given time off work to help save Adamowicz.
Mothers are given time off work from mid-pregnancy (at around 11 months) through to a year after birth [ 56], and are then given lighter work up until the infant is weaned, at which point the mother returns to heavier work.
Organizational pride: Of those allowed time off to vote, 69% said they were proud to say where they worked, compared to 51% who were not given time off.
He was given time off to work in the Florida Senate campaign of Edward J. Gurney, whose consultant, Jimmy Allison, had long been Mr. Bush's father's top political operative.
Bryant Anderson, a petty officer who is stationed at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Va., is given time off from work to serve as president of the base's school board and coach middle school basketball and track teams.
After 19 SEALs and helicopter crewmen were killed during a 2005 mission in Afghanistan, Marcus Luttrell, who lived through it, was given time off to work with a writer on what became the best-seller "Lone Survivor." It was published in 2007 and released as a feature film in 2013.
Spitzer was given time off from his bomb work to set up a secret thermonuclear-energy project in an old rabbit hutch at Princeton.
Shortly after Darren returns to Hollyoaks village from America 3 years later, Darren begins a skimming scam which is found out by his boss Scott who refuses to give him time off work.
