Example sentences of "[be] [adv] to reduce [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim of coping responses in event-producing situations ( arrow d , Figure 7.1 ) must be either to reduce the likelihood that a severe event will occur ( perhaps by seeking marriage guidance counselling to help resolve marital difficulties ) , or to prepare oneself emotionally for the distressing event which is likely or certain to occur ( compulsory redundancy , say ) . |
| 2 | The stated aims of the restructuring were partly to reduce the recent increased level of borrowing , but also to make individuals more accountable and profit conscious for the areas of operation under their control . |
| 3 | Further cuts in two stages were substantially to reduce the overall annual business subsidies , which totalled 51,000 million Marks . |
| 4 | The motive behind this action is usually to reduce the chances of a police check of two on a motor bicycle . |
| 5 | The practical significance of this change is mainly to reduce the damages by removing one possible plaintiff , rather than by removing the prospect of an action . |
| 6 | One of these is simply to reduce the 240 volt mains supply down to the much lower voltage required by the circuit . |
| 7 | One way , therefore , of reducing the digital data is simply to reduce the number of samples taken . |
| 8 | One of the problems that I get asked about frequently is how to reduce the waviness at the cast-on edge of the rib . |
| 9 | Our policy is therefore to reduce the share of national income taken by the public sector . |
| 10 | Government policy was not to reduce the privileges of those who enjoyed privileges , but rather to make them pay . |