Example sentences of "[adv] to minimise " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brakes can be used fiercely to minimise the roll , but we let aerodynamic drag do most of the work , leaving them to slow us to taxi speed and steer onto the taxiway ( still ineffectually prodding the rudder pedals ) . |
| 2 | Documentation involved will be completed sensitively and swiftly to minimise the later recurrence of stress and anxiety . |
| 3 | By the time he 'd captured her flailing arms , and crushed her hips close enough to minimise damage from her kicking feet , she was shivering so convulsively that she felt almost feverish . |
| 4 | In short , the ventilation system needs to be thought through to minimise the chance either of its being ineffective or defeated or of its actually making things worse . ’ |
| 5 | Art therapy is applied arbitrarily to Disabled people and has often been used less to benefit Disabled people and more to minimise disruption to the ablebodied world . |
| 6 | In an ideal integrated scheme , cultural controls ( changes in farming habits ) and biological controls would largely supplant pesticides ; in practice , chemical control continues to be an essential component of IPM when a pest population has to be reduced rapidly to minimise financial loss . |
| 7 | The new NonStop-UX 2.0 is designed further to minimise planned and unplanned system downtime . |
| 8 | This was partly to save money ( since an ambassador had to live in a style and with an expense which was not expected of lesser mortals ) and partly to minimise the risk of quarrels over precedence . |
| 9 | At its best , this is a planned approach , designed not only to maximise potential benefits to the company , but also to minimise possible damage . |
| 10 | The aim is to develop a range of policies to develop the positive aspects of this process for scientific growth in potential host countries such as the UK ; and also to minimise the deleterious effects of negative aspects such as those bound up with the current ‘ brain drain' . |
| 11 | I have included help for those pilots trying out different gliders , and have suggested how to explore the handling of a new machine and how to minimise risks . |
| 12 | Police officers are to be taught how to minimise backache by sitting properly , and vans with more comfortable seats are being bought . |
| 13 | In the 1970s , when it was designed , computers were hard put to work out how to minimise the radar reflected from curved surfaces — so the F-117A is made up of flat ones . |
| 14 | They can also advise about the side effects of medicines and how to minimise them — for instance , by taking certain tablets after food . |
| 15 | Human factors experts are able to identify how to minimise mistakes by observing the performance of operators in different conditions and circumstances . |
| 16 | Vera Crummey outlines how to minimise risks to nurses , technicians and pathologists in the mortuary |
| 17 | The Guyanese Geology and Mines Commission is to provide expert advice for gold miners on how to minimise environmental damage . |
| 18 | Staff learned how to minimise the risks of developing cancer and how to recognise the symptoms . |
| 19 | As has already been said , if mining or industrial activity is involved rather than agriculture , we can expect settlements nearby to minimise the access time and cost of transporting materials . |
| 20 | The usual way of bolstering the value of the pound is to increase interest on the international scene : But this action invariably effects small business adversely : This makes their survival more difficult , because of increased costs and pressure from suppliers who want their bills for supplies paid quicker to minimise their own costs . |
| 21 | The purpose of the speed limit acts is presumably to minimise the danger to those travelling on or using the roads . |
| 22 | as if volatile markets are n't enough to contend with , private investors who invest in unit trusts primarily to minimise the risk of equity investment have found just how uncertain that too can prove . |
| 23 | The rear dampers are angled forward to minimise wheelarch intrusion into the rear load area . |