For example, some didactic presentations were shortened to avoid redundancy and give more time for experiential exercises and discussions, as per the nurses' suggestions.
The authors wish to thank the referees for their comments and suggestions which greatly shortened and simplified the paper.
Besides, contractions resort to apostrophes to indicate that one of the source constituents has been shortened.
Although detailed and careful instructions were required, there was little difficulty in administering the shortened form of this test to children.
Prior to acquisition of desiccation tolerance, seeds produced seedlings with either shortened radicle tips, unexpanded hypocotyls or folded cotyledons.
This was not affected by respiration in normals, but shortened significandy during inspiration in the patients.
In the third section, 'matter/mater/meter/muthos' is progressively broken up and fragmented into shortened syllables, while the trombone sings and plays simultaneously.
Finally, all the investigated prescriptions included a high percentage of cut and/or shortened words.