Sentences with phrase «distracted by periods»

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Follow similar procedure with an older child, either by removing him or her from the activity, distracting him or her with something quieter such as a story hour or a snack or calling a «time out» period.

Actually Michal [Sharon], who you e-mailed me about previously [for another Science Careers article], she would be very organized in the lab and would come in and have a list of things that she was going to do that day, and she wouldn't become distracted by the news Web site or other activities or go to coffee, particularly for long periods of time, because her time was very precious in the lab.

This explains why close - ups of an actor appear on screen for shorter periods than shots in which the person's face is smaller and is surrounded by distracting objects, according to a study by James Cutting and Kacie Armstrong of Cornell University in the US, published in Springer's journal Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics.

New research has found seven out of 10 Australian adults are unable to concentrate on one task for more than half an hour at a time — less than the length of an average school period — while over half confessed to being distracted by other thoughts and losing concentration within just 15 minutes of starting a task.

This is to make sure that the practitioner is able to sit for prolonged periods (of meditation) without being distracted by the body.

If you have trouble concentrating for long periods of time, or if you get distracted by thoughts and stories that run through your mind, try listening to a guided meditation to help relax you.

They may find it hard to sit still for long periods and may become distracted by their need for activity and exploration.

An article like this should be avoided at all costs or reviewed in many perspectives — it's pretty hard to take seriously when I'm distracted by a plethora of errors and things that are just irrelevant period.

It breaks down your task into manageable time periods to prevent being distracted by our surroundings.

Intermittently you should close the door for a brief period while your cat is distracted by a toy or treat.

30 hours, with the option to get distracted and expand on that if required, seems like a perfectly reasonable period of time to play a game like No Man's Sky, but I also appreciate why some people might be disappointed that the scale of the galaxy built by Hello Games doesn't quite tally with the (prospective) length of the game.

Adding a visual element to your podcast will help hold the attention of your listeners for a longer period of time, and lessen the likelihood of your listeners getting distracted by what's going on around them as they listen to your broadcast.

The headline points are: ● prolonged, persistent and deliberate bad driving and consumption of drink and drugs puts offenders in the most serious category with jail sentences of at least seven years; ● a combination of these features of dangerous driving accompanied by aggregating factors, such as a bad driving record, attracts sentences towards 14 years; ● careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs provides for a longer sentence, as the degree of intoxication increases; ● regarding mobile phones — an offender distracted by a handheld mobile phone when the offence was committed will be treated as particularly serious; ● reading or composing texts over a period of time at the wheel is also likely to result in a higher level of seriousness and offenders should serve up to seven years in prison.

When deleting periods in case citations, it must be done consistently throughout a particular document, whether it be the judgment of a court, or a learned treatise authored by an academic, so as to not distract the reader from the substance of what is being read.

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