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.
Because of their digital nature, the length of an ebook matters
less than the length of a print book.
In males, the width could be slightly greater; and in females slightly
less than the length.
Not exact matches
Plus, I realized that when I settled into using relatively short strides, increasing my stride
length slightly while maintaining the same cadence automatically increased my pace — and for me was a lot
less painful
than trying to maintain a long stride while increasing my cadence.
This juvenile Chasmosaurus is an adorable 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) in
length, and would have weighed
less than 100 kilograms (220 pounds).
The Typo case runs on a lithium - ion battery and adds about six millimetres in thickness and
less than two centimetres in
length once it is attached to an iPhone 5 or 5S.
According to the Wall Street Journal, people who had shorted SolarCity stock will have to scramble to rebuy shares that have gone up because of the potentially
less -
than - arm's -
length acquisition offer.
The company envisions systems that will let consumers download a high - definition, full -
length feature film in
less than five minutes, allow rural health clinics to send 3 - D medical images over the Internet and let students collaborate with classmates around the world while watching live 3 - D video of a university lecture.
Moreover, the
length of the extension could be
less than we request.
Also, you will find that short term binary options — particularly those that are for
less than 12 hours in
length — are not nearly as accurate as those that are about 24 hours or longer before expiry.
Keep your title
less than 65 characters in
length — that's the viewable limit on a Google Snippet in the search results
In other words, the market expects the stocks held by FSRFX to grow economic earnings for the same
length of time as the S&P 500 and 1 year
less than the stocks held by the benchmark.
I seem to have lost the ability to write at
less than essay (ish)
length.
The sermons could vary in
length, but it is unlikely that any were
less than half an hour.
One trusts that the absence of Guiney and other Catholics from these pages is not because Woodworth numbers them among the «almost «Christians» or «non «Christians,» but simply because of considerations of
length; in the preface he notes, for example, that he used far
less than half his source material.
Moreover, electronic occasions doubtless even range to
less than 20 milliseconds in
length.
I wanted to get an idea of the
lengths a person would go to in order to escape my
less -
than - gentle habits.
«The body,» he continues, «would thus be, not the cause of our thinking, but merely a condition restrictive thereof, and, although essential to our sensuous and animal consciousness, it may be regarded as an impeder of our pure spiritual life.8 And in a recent book of great suggestiveness and power,
less well - known as yet
than it deserves, — I mean» Riddles of the Sphinx,» by Mr. F. C. S. Schiller of Oxford, late of Cornell University, — the transmission - theory is defended at some
length.9
It was something
less than this for the first returnees (c. 538), but approximately this
length of time from 587 to the reconstruction of the Temple in the years c 520 - 515.
People can go to tremendous
lengths to protect the external image of contentment and stability, while they are
less than happy inside.
The planet itself seemed
less impressive, in its old - fashioned, deliberate, annual or daily revolution,
than this huge wheel, revolving within arm's
length at some vertiginous speed, and barely murmuring, — scarcely humming an audible warning to stand a hair's - breadth further for respect of power, — while it would not wake the baby lying close against its frame.
If you want to keep a starter going for any
length of time, use
less than you are currently using.
Remember that a starter at room temperature needs to be fed no
less than twice a day, so don't leave this starter out overnight, or for a similar
length of time, without feeding it.
Harry Gant finished second,
less than two car
lengths behind Labonte.
So I imagine fear ramping down through my mid-to-late 50's, as I worry
less for her, or the
length of time my wife would have to get on without me if I were to end suddenly, or the enormity of what she'd have to take on if it's sooner
than later, or the consequences to my daughter's upbringing.
Sewickley ($ 15), ridden by Randy Romero, passed the favorite, Once Wild, with
less than a furlong to go, to win the Fall Highweight Handicap by a
length, at Belmont Park.
That's anywhere between $ 30 to $ 80 million lower
than Martinez and his camp would like, and at least a year
less as far as the
length of the contract goes.
Less than two minutes into the period, with the Hawkeyes backed up at their eight - yard line, Stanzi rolled right and lofted an intermediate -
length pass to sophomore wideout Marvin McNutt, who beat a defender to the sideline and found the field in front of him as open as an Iowa cornfield.
Carrying 120 pounds — 11
less than the even - money favorite Gun Bow and seven pounds
less than Candy Spots — Hill Rise received a flawless ride from Jockey Don Pierce to beat Spots a
length and a half.
3:17 p.m.: It's Ryan Hunter - Reay taking the checkers by
less than a car
length over Helio Castroneves, who had passed him on the outside in Turn One with two laps to go.
His lack of
length gives him
less room for error
than other guys, and so far at N.C. State he has not played with the type of intensity one would hope.
That means they can offer him a contract up to 4 - years in
length, with 5 % raises — starting at $ 2,368,991 (
Less than the BAE = $ 3.2 Million but MORE
than the minimum = $ 2.0 Million).
Microplastics, or plastic fibers that are
less than 5 mm in
length, are said to contribute up to 30 % of the... Read More
There is however also evidence to suggest that overall the
length of wakings is
less for breastfed infants which may actually lead to breastfeeding mothers getting * more * sleep
than their formula feeding counterparts.
A disaster nap is a nap that is
less than 45 minutes in
length.
A mini crib is defined by the Consumer Product Safety Commission as a «non-full size baby crib» that has an interior
length of
less than 49.7 inches, an interior width of 25.3 inches, or both.
The
length of the mattress is 47 inches (120 mm), therefore, if your child is
less than 47 inches in height, the Shrunks Toddler Bed would be the perfect size.
There were no differences between groups for fetal loss equal to / after 24 weeks and neonatal death, induction of labour, antenatal hospitalisation, antepartum haemorrhage, augmentation / artificial oxytocin during labour, opiate analgesia, perineal laceration requiring suturing, postpartum haemorrhage, breastfeeding initiation, low birthweight infant, five - minute Apgar score
less than or equal to seven, neonatal convulsions, admission of infant to special care or neonatal intensive care unit (s) or in mean
length of neonatal hospital stay (days).
Observational studies of prolonged (> 6 months) exclusive versus mixed breastfeeding, developed countries Infant outcomes No differences in gains in weight and
length were reported in the first 12 months of life in an observational study of infants who were exclusively breastfed beyond six months versus those exclusively breastfed for
less than six months and mixed breastfed thereafter (actual data not reported).
A separate study found infants whose gestation
lengths were
less than 38 weeks had microbiome communities that were low in Bifidobacterium and took 3 to 6 months to reach a normal Bifidiobacterium - rich community as compared to infants born at 40 or more weeks [9].
Less expensive diapers can be up to 1 1/2» shorter in
length and almost an ounce lighter in weight
than higher quality diapers.
Employed women currently are
less likely to initiate breastfeeding, and they tend to breastfeed for a shorter
length of time
than women who are not employed.
A recent time to eat study, «Impact of School Lunch Period
Length on Meal Consumption», found that compared with students who had a least 25 minutes to eat their meal, students with fewer
than 20 minutes to eat were significantly
less likely to select a fruit (44 % vs. 57 %).
Refund requests for programs
less than six weeks in
length must be requested 10 business days prior to the start of the program.
But, 95 % + of the lawyers in the state use
less than 10 % of the statutes by page
length, on any regular basis, and I probably use only 10 % of the tax code and 5 % of the tax regulations despite having an extremely broad tax practice in terms of the variety of subjects I deal with compared to the average lawyer who does tax work.
Would limiting law
length to be
less than the Constitution (at the same font and font size) severely affect laws?
«And since the Igbo have virtually infiltrated every nook and cranny of Northern Nigeria where they have been received with open arms as fellow compatriots, we strongly believe that the region is no longer safe and secure in the light of the unfolding threats and the fact that for a long time, the Igbo have gone to extra ordinary
lengths to ensure that in their domain in the South East, Northerners and Westerners are as much as possible disenfranchised from owning any businesses whereas in Kano alone, they own not
less than 100, 000 shops across all the business districts.
«Not
less than 60 percent of
length of the frontages of such passageway shall be occupied by retail uses, and in addition may be occupied by service, wholesale, production and event space,» the agreement states.
In three separate indoor UV chambers, Benca exposed the dwarf pines to 7.5, 10 and 13 times Berkeley's normal UV - B intensity, in line with estimates of the impact Siberian Trap eruptions would have had on the ozone layer if their emissions occurred over various
lengths of time, ranging from 400,000 years to
less than 200,000 years.
Takeaway: Focal
length is
less important
than aperture, but it's still smart to chose a large focal
length.