Example sentences of "[vb -s] 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 | The Commission expresses its anxiety that the proposed syllabus in the revised music curriculum allows less time than hitherto for choral music . |
| 4 | Do not underestimate the time required to prepare a cocktail party — a four-course dinner often takes less time ! |
| 5 | Sefa-Dedeh is looking at the hydration properties of legumes with the idea of developing a variety that takes less time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It can not be repeated too often that a dancer requires less time to make a statement than do words or music . |
| 9 | Early treatment means less time lost at work , increased productivity and the avoidance of the costly knock-on consequences of depression in the work place . |
| 10 | For animals in a group , each individual spends less time being vigilant and more time feeding , but the overall level of watchfulness is increased simply because there are more pairs of eyes looking out . |
| 11 | The philanthropist Albany in Fanny Burney 's Cecilia ( 1782 ) is regarded even by his creator as ‘ partially deranged ’ , and in any case spends less time with the authentic poor than with the middle-class Belfield , fallen on evil days . |
| 12 | Although Sheikh Maktoum al Maktoum spends less time in this country than his three younger brothers , the ruler of Dubai still owns about 130 top racehorses here and has extensive business interests . |
| 13 | Is he surprised that the hon. Member for Livingston now spends less time talking about trust hospitals than producing racing tips for the Glasgow Herald ? |
| 14 | The former makes for a flexibility in design and allows for local idiosyncrasies , while the latter are slightly quicker and ensure that the craftsman spends less time working in the room which is to receive the decoration . |
| 15 | Microprocessor Report goes on to say that the clock-rate versus complexity tradeoff is one of the most important issues in superscalar design , but admits that straight clock-rate comparisons of parts is only partially fair because whilst it is true that ‘ a more complex design , such as used in SuperSparc and the 88110 , leaves less time for performance tuning the hardware , it is also the case that clock-rate was a major focus during the design of 21064 and 7100 chips . ’ |
| 16 | If honourable members would in fact stick to the debate in that particular way and in fact er er it would be of great advantage of the house it is a short debate er and and going off the the main scope of the debate in fact leaves less time for other people to speak . |