Sentence examples for was kept to less from inspiring English sources

Dehydration of the unstained series was kept to less than one-minute immersion in each of three graded alcohols to minimize shrinkage.

The resection-to-preservation (freezing) time was kept to less than twenty minutes.

The irradiated volume of bladder that received more than 21 Gy was kept to less than 50% or lower if possible.

In the most precise work, over a distance of 100 kilometres the error may be kept to less than a centimetre.

Both the experimental apparatus and technique were designed so that measuring times could be kept to less than an hour; thus, it was possible to investigate the phase behavior of substances with limited thermal stability at elevated temperatures.

As a consequence of the biomechanics of maintaining control over the alignment of the separating segments of bone, it was advised that most single site lengthenings should be kept to less than 5 6 cm.

Thus we provide evidence to suggest that the time delay between hepatectomy and beginning of liver perfusion should be kept to less than 3 hours.

For the former, relatively thick metal films (in the range of ten to several hundred nanometers) can be used whereas for the latter geometry the thickness of metal film should be kept to less than 10 nm, because the island structure starts to merge at higher thickness.

The random day to day errors in patient position and quality assurance can be measured, minimized and accounted for in the margins allowed around the tumour (the set-up margin) and can be kept to less than 1 3 mm in most situations [ 3].

The authors of the most recent study recommended that the lag screw should be placed in either a central-inferior or an anterior-inferior position, and that the TAD should be kept to less than 25 mm (De Bruijn et al. 2012).

The change in room temperature was kept to 1°C or less during the measurement.