Example sentences of "reduced by [adj] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gives me pleasure to confirm that my hon. Friend 's region has been the winner in the past six months , and that waits of more than one year have been reduced by 26 per cent . |
| 2 | These steps failed , however , to increase confidence , and on Sept. 13 it was announced that the central rate for the lira within the framework of the ERM had been reduced by 3.5 per cent and that those for the currencies of the other participants had been increased by 3.5 per cent , representing an effective 7 per cent devaluation of the lira . |
| 3 | All support for military equipment purchases , worth some $30,000,000 , was withdrawn and economic aid was reduced by 76 per cent , from $12,500,000 to $3,000,000 ; food aid would not be affected . |
| 4 | In a letter to Environment Minister Lord Strathclyde , Shadow Environment Secretary Chris Smith accepted that sulphur dioxide emissions have been reduced by 45 per cent since 1970 , but pointed out that progress has been haphazard , with reductions in emissions coinciding with economic recession . |
| 5 | A SOC Commerce Ministry official said in an interview on March 12 that Soviet economic aid to Cambodia for 1991 had been reduced by 80 per cent to about US$170,000,000 . |
| 6 | Under the plan , state investment in the manufacturing sector , which in 1991-92 amounted to almost US$345,000,000 , would be reduced by 80 per cent . |
| 7 | But they will need to be reduced by 80 per cent to reduce the amount of sulphur dioxide in the soil to levels that plants in the SSSIs can cope with , the Council claims . |
| 8 | Since the beginning of 1990 PDS assets had been reduced by 65.6 per cent . |
| 9 | A revised budget for 1991 , approved at a meeting of the federal Cabinet on July 8 , reduced by 17 per cent the proposals for federal expenditure made in May , to Dh16,400 million ( US$4,470 million ) . |
| 10 | Strathclyde says that although the number of bed nights at its remaining centres will be reduced by 17 per cent to 110,600 , the range and quality of education will be improved . |
| 11 | He claimed that the allied forces had achieved " general air superiority " over Iraq and Kuwait ; that enemy nuclear weapons reactors were " finished " ; that Iraqi aircraft were able to operate from only five of the country 's 66 airfields ; and that Iraqi air defence radar had been reduced by 95 per cent . |
| 12 | At the Barry site , Wales , operated by ICI for EVC [ a joint venture with EniChem ] methanol discharge has been reduced by 95 per cent by substituting a methanol-based additive in a reaction with a water-based alternative . |
| 13 | Number of blocks with a working interest of 10 per cent or less reduced by 42 per cent . |
| 14 | The number of blocks has been reduced by 25 per cent to 125 and the number of blocks with working interests of 10 per cent or less has been reduced by 42 per cent . |
| 15 | while waits of more than two years have been reduced by 37 per cent . |
| 16 | Imports of vegetables from the former COMECON ( Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ) countries had fallen , and fruit imports from Cuba had been reduced by 75 per cent . |
| 17 | Twenty-two years ago the Tees estuary was one of the most polluted in the country but significant improvements have seen this level reduced by 70 per cent . |
| 18 | On Jan. 19 SADF had announced drastic cuts throughout the Army , Air Force and Navy , including reduced personnel numbers and cancellation of 11 weapons procurements , to render the armed forces " smaller and more cost effective " ; taken together with shortened national service , military analysts said that total personnel could be reduced by 30-40 per cent . |
| 19 | For every pound of apples eaten , the cholesterol level can be reduced by one per cent . |
| 20 | In Kingston , for example , the list of those waiting more than 12 months has been reduced by 77 per cent . |
| 21 | The first test of the Treaty of Rome came in January 1959 , when the preliminary stage of tariff reductions was due to go into operation , with customs duties being reduced by 10 per cent and import quotas increased by 20 per cent . |
| 22 | The combined number of omissions and false reports on the vigilance task were 50 per cent greater after extended sleep , and scores on pinball were reduced by 10 per cent . |
| 23 | The ozone layer over Europe has already been reduced by 10 per cent in the last ten years , and is expected to decline at an accelerating rate . |
| 24 | Milk production was to be reduced by 1 per cent a year over the next three years . |
| 25 | In the most sensitive cases yields were reduced by 1 per cent for every 1 per cent cut in the ozone layer . |
| 26 | If the discount applied to the lire were only 1 per cent as suggested above , then clearly it would be possible to gain over all by earning an extra 2 per cent on the lire deposit and accept that this would be reduced by 1 per cent as the cost of forward cover , making a 1 per cent gain overall in comparison with staying in sterling and importantly be fully hedged . |
| 27 | The Carlisle report said that sentence lengths would have to be reduced by 5 per cent if its package was not to increase the prison population . |
| 28 | This action was endorsed by the National Association of Unions in the Textile Trade ( NAUTT ) and the matter was put to the employers who responded by suggesting that British industry was less competitive than it had been before the return to the gold standard and the reflation of the pound , and suggested that wages should be reduced by 8 per cent . |
| 29 | Muscle relaxation by cells was reduced by 200 nM oxyhaemoglobin and 10 ยต M methylene blue but was increased by 60 n/ml superoxide dismutase . |
| 30 | All models will be reduced by 7 per cent from today . |