Example sentences of "has [be] to reduce [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And perhaps the greatest value of the video has been to reduce the time the average family spends watching the effluvia of television served up on the two main British television channels whose only role in the future looks more and more likely to be news and sports . |
| 2 | The first has been to reduce the rate at which welfare expenditure was increasing . |
| 3 | The second aim has been to reduce the attractiveness and the scope of the welfare state , in order that people begin seeking private or company provision . |
| 4 | The long-term trend has been to reduce the number of inmates per officer . |
| 5 | The overall effect of this hedging activity in recent years has been to reduce the group 's interest charge . |