Example sentences of "spending less time " in BNC.

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1 The time taken to process claims has been reduced ; the error rate is down ; and claimants are spending less time waiting .
2 Both tables show control sample clients doing better in home care : spending less time altogether in an institution , and being more likely to be living at home at the end of the two time periods .
3 Both groups patrolled around the side-walls , spending less time in the central region than when the landmarks were present ( time in central region with landmarks present versus with landmarks absent : ) .
4 For instance marital problems can often lead to not talking , spending less time together , planning separate lives .
5 As more of the field officer 's job is bureaucratized and made more ‘ scientific ’ , he finds himself spending less time on the river bank .
6 People with schizophrenia who are discharged from hospital to live with relatives who are over-critical , disapproving or who express a high level of anxiety and tension , are more likely to suffer early relapse than those returning to a neutral or tolerant atmosphere , and spending less time in daily contact with other members of the family , possibly by attending a day centre or going to work , seems to help some sufferers to cope with an emotionally charged home environment .
7 Professionals respond to reluctant , uncooperative or culturally different patients by unconsciously spending less time with them .
8 Monitoring motor activity in newborn babies , Dr McGuiness found boys to be significantly more active , spending less time asleep and performing more facial grimaces than girls .
9 He still had a low boredom threshold — which was why he was spending less time going to Equity Council meetings .
10 ‘ I 'm spending less time at Rocamar and more time in London , ’ he informed her .
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