Sentence examples for more consecutive hours from inspiring English sources

Sometime around 9 a.m. yesterday a television milestone was reached: three broadcast networks had covered one news event for more consecutive hours than any previous event in American history.

And it plays music for 28 more consecutive hours.

While the market premium under the EEG 2012 primarily served to prevent negative price spikes, the new regulation is aimed at curtailing production once prices fall below zero for six or more consecutive hours.

Moreover, the most rigorously designed research to date revealed that first-year resident physicians working shifts of 24 or more consecutive hours made 36percentt more serious medical errors than those working shifts of no more than 16 hours.

One study showed that medical interns made 35.9percentt more serious medical errors during a schedule with shifts of 24 or more consecutive hours than on a reduced schedule with shifts of 16 hours or less.

Truck driver guidelines by the Department of Transportation still allow for far more consecutive hours at the wheel -- up to 15, in some cases -- which creates more opportunities for drowsy driving.

To help prevent mistakes caused by exhaustion, the state limits residents' working time to no more than 80 hours a week, no more than 24 consecutive hours and, for emergency room doctors, no more than 12 hours without time off.

In 1989, New York State adopted the Bell Commission's recommendations that residents not be allowed to work more than 80 hours a week or more than 24 consecutive hours, and that attending physicians had to be physically present in the hospital at all times (New York State Department of Health Code, Section 405).

This morning, Mr. Adams said that more than 100 officers had been working for more than 24 consecutive hours because they had not been relieved by fellow officers and were prevented from leaving their posts under minimum-staffing guidelines.

This month alone, Portugal has managed to run entirely on renewables for more than 100 consecutive hours.

The report said many nurses and nursing assistants worked more than 12 consecutive hours, with some working double shifts of 16 hours.