Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] to reduce " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus proposals in the White Paper ( DHSS , 1985b ) were intended instead to reduce the cost of the SERP scheme . |
| 2 | IT was with total disbelief that I read F Jefferay 's letter suggesting that the stiff fines imposed on those caught driving with worn tyres were designed purely to reduce car ownership . |
| 3 | As more and more stone-filled gabions were built in to reduce the erosion which the scheme had set in train , it became apparent that Pandora 's box had been opened , and that what might have worked as a piece of traditional river canalization in the cohesive sediments found downstream had proved a recipe for disaster when applied in the unstable gravels of this upland brook . |
| 4 | Those in the diet group were asked both to reduce their intake of refined carbohydrates and to increase their dietary fibre by substituting high for low fibre products and by taking supplements of standardised wheat bran ( three or four ×7.5 g sachets of Prewett 's coarse wheat bran ) . |
| 5 | In those circumstances , it was thought right to reduce some of the activities of the RNR and to make them more relevant to the future . |