But some skimping does take place, most of it probably at the reception.

No skimping, and I'd look kindly on it if you'd provide her with petticoats.

There is no skimping on quality, quantity or creativity.

There was no skimping on staff members either.

Tonight there would be no skimping of the formalities.

Horrendously expensive and makes a mockery of all the skimping.

"I told them I don't want any skimping on the workmanship," she said.

There's no skimping on service, with complimentary afternoon tea, early evening champagne and cocoa before bed.

Though heavy on theatrics, there was no skimping on the music."

So has the director, Gordon Davidson, who has made sure there's been no skimping on costs.

Nor is there any skimping on postprandial entertainment.

Many fault Hodges for skimping on grass-roots campaigning in his 2002 re-election bid.

The transfer quality, however, is every bit as fine as a full-fledged Criterion release; there has been no skimping where it really counts.

Her skimping ended today.

Back when my own legs swung from the bench, Mrs. Koch required 30 minutes of daily practice, no skimping on scales.

There's no skimping here.

The main criticism was lack of richness: a Christmas pudding is only as good as its ingredients and any skimping is clearly apparent.

You should have included Milwaukee-based Midwest Express Airlines as a wonderful exception to the skimping.

There is probably some lower limit below which the garage will not go in skimping the service, because the risk of detection then becomes too high (O'Brien).

Or the "Gone With the Wind" film or the "Harry Potter" franchise for skimping on details from the books?

"It has been so difficult--so terribly difficult--always skimping and saving and wishing."

There's been no skimping in the navigation or galley departments and with the application of a more personal touch, the cabin could become commendably comfortable for cruising.

With its A.T.M.-style check-in kiosk, QT may be bare-bones but there's no skimping on unexpected high jinks.

This attitude is behind the policy of skimping on women and children which has kept the family allowance or child benefit frozen (its real value has fallen by 18% in the last ten years).

Skimping on sleep stalls your calorie-burning You'd think that more hours awake means more opportunities to sizzle calories, but the truth is that more sleep makes for a quicker metab.

The last thing I want to see is local authorities skimping on the police.

The federal government has been skimping for years on everything from airport security to public health to education.

The Bush administration says that the higher payments make up for skimping in the past.

It is useless to skimp things just because we are running out of women.

"Somehow I've got to find a way to skimp on the food to pay the light bill," he said.

The other is that he skimps on suggestions for meeting the problem.

Too often, even in serious cases, the investigative process is skimped.

Kids and teens also may have problems if they skimp on sleep.

Yet many companies, pressed for time, are skimping on testing.

You can skimp on the features for the functions you'll use least often.

Since the monitor is such a critical part of your computer, skimping here makes very little sense.

In planning for the invasion, the American military is not skimping on force.

"We try not to skimp on our family, but a couple of friends will have to do without.

But some patients are likely to skimp on the extra fluid.

McDonald's does not skimp when it comes to advertising, however.

They certainly aren't skimping on us, I'll say that for them!

He also skimped on fuel and planned to eat cold food.

Most are not trying to skimp on the cost.

It goes on from there, never skimping of the golf metaphors.

"So let's not skimp on the price we get for our little secret.

It is a fatal mistake to skimp on time for each other.

Do not skimp on batteries, it is a false economy.

He never skimped on his chewing, and it took him a good four minutes to finish.

No physician, then, has an incentive to skimp on care.

But Caroline would care too much about how she was perceived to skimp on that.