Example sentences of "reduce to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it 's early seventies black pop that 's being bastardized , the exquisite anguish of your Timmy Thomases reduced to a blunt compassion . |
| 2 | This reduces to a stationary static infinite horizon problem for all periods after T with the following two equations : The model consists of equations ( 1 ) to ( 4 ) . |
| 3 | This reduces to a 1 + a 2 + e . |
| 4 | A maximum velocity at the equator reduces to a theoretical nil at the poles . |
| 5 | Now we can begin to see the outlines of a theory of human personality and cultural development which is elegant indeed and which reduces to a few general principles many of the random and apparently unsystematic motions of human history and culture . |
| 6 | In this limit the Einstein equation reduces to a linear wave equation . |
| 7 | Unlike chlorine which tends to kill at all concentrations , but takes longer , QACs are bactericidal only when reduced to a certain concentration after which they inhibit cell reproduction without killing . |
| 8 | Although emissions of carbon monoxide , hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen can be reduced to a certain extent by modifications to the engine combustion , meeting the emission standards requires the fitting of catalytic converters . |
| 9 | A thrilling squeal goes up from the mid-teen moshers who comprise a high proportion of the audience when they see Hetfield striding to the stage-front for the opening ‘ Enter Sandman ’ guitar in hand , after everyone had been resigned to the quaint prospect of their fave leonine frontman reduced to a vocals-only role due to his injured left hand . |
| 10 | In his songs he appears to realise that the dear old Blighty that he glorified has been reduced to a sorry Union Jack T-shirt on a frustrated football supporter . |
| 11 | With ITV and long-time sponsors Pearl Assurance switching their allegiance to the attractive invitation meeting in Glasgow last week , the championships have been reduced to a sorry state . |
| 12 | There they are busily ferreting away food , medical supplies and weapons with which to build a new world after the current one is reduced to a moist cinder . |
| 13 | By that method we fix our minds on some central point : we suppose it for the time to be reduced to a stationary state ; and we then study in relation to it the forces that affect the things by which it is surrounded , and any tendency there may be to equilibrium of these forces . |
| 14 | Onto one line I tie a size 2 , straight-eyed , forged hook , which has been carefully honed with a fine carborundum stone to razor sharpness , and the barb reduced to a bare minimum so as not to impeded penetration but still retain a degree of holding power . |
| 15 | Rather than seeing labourism within the narrow confines of a trade union dominated political intervention at the level of the state , I wish to consider it as a political culture within working-class experience at all levels , which can not be reduced to a bourgeois ethos , and which has as a major component ( but only a component ) the Labour Party . |
| 16 | In the factory , each block is reduced to a finished curling stone weighing 40 lbs which can be described as a thing of beauty and is truly an example of the finest craftsmanship . |
| 17 | Former Governor Jerry Brown of California is now reduced to a spoiling game . |
| 18 | A college lecturer in Redcar was reduced to a nervous wreck and had to call the police to get rid of salesmen while in Northallerton a salesman suggested he bedded down on a couple 's sofa while they slept on £5,000 offer . |
| 19 | Now in this case D can be reduced to a standard canonical form E by a similar transformation unc where Y has precisely the same block diagonal form as D ; in effect , each diagonal block is resolved into its own canonical form . |
| 20 | It is ICI 's policy to manage all of its activities so as to give benefit to society , ensuring that they meet relevant laws and regulations ; that they are acceptable to the community at large ; and that their environmental impact is reduced to a practicable minimum . |
| 21 | Whole oats need to be fed in a larger quantity , as a proportion of them tend to pass undigested through the horse ; and crushed oats are usually smashed into oblivion , and reduced to a poor quality feed of husks and dust . |
| 22 | The upper level of exposure for workers had reduced to a seventh of its level in the 1930s , for example . |
| 23 | Pancevski himself appeared to come down on the side of the Serbian position by stressing repeatedly that political pluralism " must be based on socialist orientation and the federal structure " and asserting : " The LCY finds unacceptable the thesis according to which the essence and form of political pluralism are reduced to a classic multiparty system alone . " |
| 24 | Further studies were delaying by two years measures to save Lake Ichkeul in Tunisia , which was in danger of being reduced to a salty lagoon after the damming in the 1970s of the six rivers feeding it . |
| 25 | But others wilted under the physical pressure : Laurent Rodriguez , ‘ the Lion of Dax ’ , was one example , reduced to a harmless pussy cat by David Egerton and the rest . |
| 26 | What is the logic that dictates that the shareholders should be entitled to the corporate surplus , instead for instance of the employees or management , with the entitlement of the shareholders reduced to a fixed return on capital ? |
| 27 | Initially , ninety meetings in ninety days are recommended but later this may be reduced to a regular two meetings a week or however many the individual recovering person finds to be necessary to maintain a contented mood and a sense of peace of mind . |
| 28 | Summer cover in the Arctic basin is reduced to a central asymmetrical core of 5–8 million km 2 , about half the winter area ( Figure 5.3 ) . |
| 29 | The top rate of value added tax ( 22 per cent ) would be reduced to a new upper rate of 18.6 per cent from April 13 , 1992 , rather than Jan. 1 , 1993 [ see also p. 38297 ] . |
| 30 | By bacteriological process , human waste is reduced to a purified liquid suitable for discharge . |