Example sentences of "less frequent and " in BNC.
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| 1 | One problem is that once closure is mooted congregations may melt away , services may become less frequent and the will to continue is eroded . |
| 2 | With time these ‘ cold sores ’ become less frequent and the severity of the attacks diminishes . |
| 3 | Again there are several precipitating factors which may lead to repeated recurrence , with sexual intercourse heading the list , but the attacks will tend to become less frequent and severe . |
| 4 | After twelve months five of these patients were free of all symptoms of angina while the other three found that their spasms were less frequent and less severe . |
| 5 | The intermediate , or dynamic , level is concerned with less frequent and often irregular events , e.g. a temporary lack of water because of fire , frost or excessive demand from an increasing populace . |
| 6 | With migraines results often take longer , but the attacks soon become less frequent and their intensity decreases . |
| 7 | The stiff and painful neck has returned to normal , my wheeziness has improved greatly with no sign of the asthma returning , and my migraines are far less frequent and not nearly so intense . |
| 8 | I remember watching the saline solution dripping down the glass tube from the container — terrified that the drips were becoming less frequent and would eventually stop again . |
| 9 | ( 1973 ) also argued that grammatical errors were less frequent and less systematic within an imitation task , compared to an activity in which a child was required to match a sentence to a picture and say the sentence . |
| 10 | The involvement of Welsh grandparents takes a different form : contact may be less frequent and based on invitations to visit or regular arrangements for contributing to childcare one day or one evening a week . |
| 11 | In Greece and Turkey the regular winds are less frequent and may fail . |
| 12 | But his speeches in Parliament were less frequent and more restrained . |
| 13 | However opposition of institutional investors has caused issues of non-voting shares to be less frequent and many companies have enfranchised their non-voting shares . |
| 14 | There sieges were less frequent and pitched battles more important . |
| 15 | However , although base rates move roughly in line with money market rates , the changes to base rates are both less frequent and , when they occur , larger . |
| 16 | If the probe emits signals at constant frequency ( using , for example , an on-board quartz crystal oscillator ) , then , as it approaches the horizon , the photons travelling to the distant observer become less frequent and are increasingly red shifted . |
| 17 | Colorectal strictures are less frequent and occur in both Crohn 's disease and ulcerative colitis . |
| 18 | Primary small cell gastric lymphomas are less frequent and are usually localised , solitary lesions that can be completely excised . |