Example sentences of "and reduce the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concurrent treatment with indomethacin ( 2 mg/kg intraperitoneally ) delayed ulcer healing and reduced the binding of labelled bFGF to the ulcer area , angiogenesis , and DNA synthesis by sucralfate . |
| 2 | This mode is used for intensive cooking and reduced the cooking time by 25–30 per cent , which is ideal for root vegetables , such as carrots and potatoes . |
| 3 | The revolution made education secular and reduced the wealth of the church by confiscating some of its land . |
| 4 | The Institute of Economic Affairs had for a long time been polemicising against the extension of state activity on the grounds that it restricted choice , led to dependency and reduced the motivation to work , and fostered economic inefficiency in comparison with ‘ private enterprise ’ . |
| 5 | He wished he 'd hung from the rail and reduced the distance , but that would have taken several seconds to set up and his pursuer had already been half-way across the room . |
| 6 | On the other hand , sodium nitroprusside abolished the response to low dose cholecystokinin and reduced the response to a high dose by about 80% . |
| 7 | yeah , so anyway erm , he bought the car in to tell me that , garage down here , five hundred and forty eight pound labour right and that was put on another wing , save repairing the wing , put a new on , so what I did with mine is , I put on a new wing , right , and reduced the labour by sixty five quid to four hundred and five , I make plenty on the parts |
| 8 | The Trades Unions themselves were not necessarily pleased with ‘ co-determination ’ since the policy tended to reduce the Union 's role and make workers less militant , but co-determination showed that all classes in Germany could share in the benefits of the ‘ social market ’ , helped create good industrial relations and reduced the danger of deep class-based divisions between the CDU and SPD . |
| 9 | It had previously been estimated that £40,000 could be saved ; the Committee decided that this was unrealistic , and reduced the estimate to £25,000 . |
| 10 | Since 1987/8 the Conservative government has simplified the tax structure and reduced the tax rates ( as shown in Table 16.6 and Fig. 16.5 ) in order to try to encourage incentives . |
| 11 | The election result enhanced the stature of Kaifu ( who had been appointed as a caretaker leader in 1989 ) and reduced the amount of factional conflict within the ruling party . |
| 12 | He has already shed more than 40,000 jobs and reduced the number of companies from 170 to 100 in 18 months . |
| 13 | These would have extended the county boroughs of Cardiff and Newport ; made minor adjustments to the boundaries of Swansea ; demoted Merthyr Tydfil to a non-county borough ; and reduced the number of counties to seven . |
| 14 | The visit came amid reports that the Soviet Union had downgraded its commitment to its longtime ally in the Middle East and reduced the number of Soviet military instructors in Syria and the availability of essential military and commercial credits . |
| 15 | This time she reached up , and reduced the pressure a little so she 'd be able to hear . |
| 16 | According to Body , this swelling stream of public money has led to damaging distortions in agricultural systems and reduced the living standards of the whole population . |
| 17 | By treating each of these as a separate constituency , rather than as a team , the Authority exacerbated the problems of communication , understanding and relationship referred to earlier , and reduced the Programme 's impact . |
| 18 | The idea was that , if the government simply ‘ announced ’ that the rate of inflation in the coming year would be such and such , and reduced the rate of interest in line with that forecast , public expectations would adjust accordingly , and the rate of inflation would come down to that level . |
| 19 | This item of equipment enabled the rapid assembly features of the whole range of equipment to be fully exploited , and reduced the erection times for some major bridging operations , from what would normally be months to merely a matter of days . |
| 20 | It has also drastically altered landscapes and reduced the nature conservation interest associated with the former small fields and hedges or banks . |
| 21 | But the extra income the trust fund raises from workers and employers is real , and reduces the Treasury 's need to borrow ( or raise taxes ) to finance the deficit . |
| 22 | It intrudes on the isolation of the scene and reduces the Tagus flow but presents an interesting contrast in engineering achievement , ancient and modern ( 167 ) . |
| 23 | Dry hop extract provides immediate character which lasts longer and reduces the possibility of infection being added from whole hops or , more likely , from a dirty hand . |
| 24 | He was right to take account of the lawyers argument that premature publication of reports impedes the police and reduces the possibility of successful criminal prosecution where that might be appropriate . |
| 25 | Offloading tasks from the server also frees-up CPU time , allowing it to get on with other things and reduces the flow of network traffic . |
| 26 | This complicates the analysis and reduces the utility of the experiment . |
| 27 | This arbitrage opportunity raises the attractiveness of sterling and reduces the attractiveness of dollars . |
| 28 | In all but seven of 38 WFS countries located in three major developing regions and having the requisite statistics , the mortality of infants whose mothers had migrated from a rural to an urban place was higher than of those whose mothers continued to reside in rural areas of that country , while statistics for 26 out of 36 WFS developing countries suggest that movement of a woman from an urban to a rural place increases the health hazards and reduces the survival chances of infants . |
| 29 | Drayton 's MCS mains-borne system simplifies and reduces the cost of installation by utilising existing mains wiring |
| 30 | EDI speeds the flow of information and reduces the cost of communications because data is stored on the client 's own computer as well as by the factor . |