Sentence examples for hours were needed from inspiring English sources

Two and a half to three hours were needed to complete a three-course dinner.

For serious felonies, defenders spent an average of only nine hours preparing their cases; 47 hours were needed.

But a big triumph came when he convinced the board that longer library opening hours were needed during the exam period.

According to the company, some 110,064 separate frames of computer animation were made, and 800,000 machine hours were needed overall, creating at a maximum rate of 3.5 minutes of screen time per week.

In the case of exposure to chlorine and to the vesicant agent, two collections of signs over a period of a few hours were needed to draw definitive conclusion.

He told LCI television that another 48 hours were needed "for a total return to normal, for everything to be reopened" - if weather patterns allowed.

Considerably more staff, being paid enhanced rates for working unsociable hours, are needed.

At least three hours are needed to take in the exhibition fully, and the time does not fly by.

Productivity measures how many worker hours are needed for a given unit of output during a given time period; when hours fall relative to output, labor productivity increases.

* The only practical experience officials have in evacuating people is in the southern states, where 24 to 30 hours is needed to do the job successfully.

The contract between United's parent company, UAL Corporation, and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union allows management to declare an operational emergency when overtime hours are needed to keep the airline operating efficiently.