Example sentences of "[verb] less time " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the stage , where one has less time to dwell on the cadence or suggestion of the individual words , me cruelty is unendurable . |
| 2 | For example , a child might be told that certain behaviours will result in the loss of free time ; if the child misbehaves , the penalty creates a contingent relationship in which the child has less time to play . |
| 3 | It worked out electronically that it took a fish finger less time to defrost than a leg of lamb , and when your designer-label , calorie-counted tagliatelle was ready for eating , it told you so with five bleeps rather than the paltry three offered by the cheaper models . |
| 4 | The Commission expresses its anxiety that the proposed syllabus in the revised music curriculum allows less time than hitherto for choral music . |
| 5 | British banks have had less time than their American counterparts to develop clear strategies towards property . |
| 6 | Both people entering unemployment as a result of losing a temporary job and people taking temporary jobs as a way out of unemployment seemed more likely to have taken a number of jobs , to have experienced a number of spells of unemployment , to have had less time in work and more time in unemployment than people becoming unemployed for other reasons , or managing to obtain a permanent job on leaving unemployment . |
| 7 | A microwave oven could be a lifesaver this Christmas and it means you 'll spend less time slaving over a hot stove . |
| 8 | This can make markets more efficient , and lets investors spend less time and money searching for information . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've told her she must spend less time in the prop room . ’ . |
| 10 | I wish Labour politicians would spend less time searching for points of disagreement in the Labour Party constitution , and more time pointing to the total absence of democracy in the Tory Party where there is no participation , no ballots , and they do n't even have the confidence to tell Party members where the money comes from . |
| 11 | In retrospect , does the Prime Minister agree that he might spend less time talking up false economic dawns and more time taking action for economic recovery ? |
| 12 | She made herself spend less time with Carolyn , monitoring her own contact with her . |
| 13 | ‘ You should spend less time contemplating your navel and more time studying human nature , sonny . |
| 14 | It 'll now run at the same time as his main sentence and means he 'll spend less time in jail . |
| 15 | ‘ Certain patients will now spend less time in hospital before their surgery is carried out ’ . |
| 16 | Do not underestimate the time required to prepare a cocktail party — a four-course dinner often takes less time ! |
| 17 | Sefa-Dedeh is looking at the hydration properties of legumes with the idea of developing a variety that takes less time . |
| 18 | This is easy to do but please do not try to hurry up the process up as ‘ slow and steady ’ seems to give the best results and takes less time than trying to hurry . |
| 19 | For example , a sales idea will be easier to implement and show a steeper slope ( e.g. takes less time from origination to commercialization ) than one requiring a new technology involving research and development . |
| 20 | Often , too , husband and wife have become so caught up in their work , their children or their respective outside interests that they devote less time to each other . |
| 21 | What could you stop doing , or devote less time to , or ask someone else to do ? |
| 22 | You have to take the ball early , on the rise , in order to give less time to the opponent to prepare . |
| 23 | It can not be repeated too often that a dancer requires less time to make a statement than do words or music . |
| 24 | If he spent less time jetting around on EC business and more solving Britain 's problems , perhaps a lot more people would have jobs , too . |
| 25 | In this scenario , the Diet took a subordinate role only until the socialist and communist parties accepted the system of liberal democracy and spent less time arguing for an alternative . |
| 26 | However , this survey also found that women spent less time out of the labour market rearing children than is often believed . |
| 27 | He spent less time there than he meant to : it was a cell , cool and enclosed , whereas from the terrace in front of the sunlit house one could see , sipping wine , the valley of the Rhone away below , lavender fields , olives , vines . |
| 28 | Children generally spent less time working and more time distracted as the size of their work groups increased from one to twenty . |
| 29 | Pupils at S5/S6 spent less time on health education than any other group of pupils . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps if you spent less time lurking behind doors ? ’ |