Example sentences of "as well [conj] reduce " in BNC.

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1 The question had to be asked : could the purchase of new trains produce savings sufficient to cover the cost of servicing their capital costs as well as reducing the burden on the PSO ?
2 But the additional security , to be introduced at all international shows , is clearly aimed at stamping out that method of encouraging horses to jump clean — as well as reducing the possibilty of them being nobbled .
3 According to finance minister Leszek Balcerowicz , architect of the new economic plan , between 10 and 20 per cent of the 7m-strong Polish workforce stand to lose their jobs through cutting inefficient industries as well as reducing the army and police .
4 Less advertising spending makes the media conglomerates that are the most likely bidders poorer , as well as reducing the value of the franchises themselves .
5 Although supervision was the most common form of disposal in truancy cases under section 1(2) ( e ) ( and may become even more standard practice under the Children Act 1989 ) , the practice adopted in Leeds magistrates ' court of adjourning such proceedings as a threat to the parents to improve the child 's attendance or else the child might be made the subject of an order , was claimed to be more effective as well as reducing overall levels of local juvenile delinquency .
6 A compress is a valuable way of treating muscular pain , sprains and bruises as well as reducing pain and congestion in internal organs .
7 As well as reducing the control problems which beset British secondary schools , and overcoming some of the difficulties of ‘ secondary transfer ’ , this mode of organisation must also strengthen the relationship between parents and schools .
8 The prototype Safe Driving System by Mazda of Japan is designed to help motorists , as well as reducing fuel consumption and air pollution .
9 The system is designed to make large documents such as technical manuals easier to research , share and modify , as well as reducing the amount of storage space required .
10 In particular , did the regime permanently change their patterning of sleep , as well as reducing their sleep requirement by over an hour ?
11 As well as reducing some sophisticated philosophies down to some fairly crude statements , we have probably also given the impression that penal systems ‘ in the real world ’ at different stages in history possess a consistency and coherence that is in fact largely lacking .
12 As well as reducing efficiency , it will also have reduced equity .
13 As well as removing slime , algae , dirt and other contamination , the service enables water treatment programmes to operate efficiently , as well as reducing the risk of infections , prolonging the effective life of cooling towers , pipes and ductwork , and cutting the risk of fire in ducting caused by accumulated fluff .
14 These changes — in particular the increasing size and sophistication of counterparties — have tended to increase competition between firms and hence the need for adaptability on the part of players , as well as reducing profitability .
15 As well as reducing continuity , the rapid turnover also disrupts the bargaining relationship and understandings between the minister and the railway chairman ; in the words of one respondent , each new minister had to be ‘ taught in ’ by railway management .
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