Example sentences of "[verb] in [noun sg] to reduce the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other ocular devices have been used to deliver medication , such as pilocarpine , used in glaucoma to reduce the intraocular pressure , and tetracycline , directly onto the eye . |
| 2 | If the patient has a positive supporting reaction , the physiotherapist places his foot carefully towards the floor , grading the pressure it receives in order to reduce the automatic reaction of pushing down as soon as it makes contact . |
| 3 | In addition there were behavioural remedies proposed in order to reduce the extent of the product tie . |
| 4 | In the Victorian era , however , the burden of interest payments resulting from earlier wartime borrowing caused such concern that for some time budget surpluses were run in order to reduce the national debt . |
| 5 | 4 is intended to give a general picture of provision it is not exhaustive ; some of the variants and sub-divisions of subject headings ( such as types of history or engineering ) have been conflated in order to reduce the overall length of the list . |
| 6 | Hence other methods were tried in order to reduce the memory overheads , and comparisons were made across a number of different methods . |
| 7 | The decision , which was officially taken for administrative reasons , was widely considered to have been taken in order to reduce the Cardinal 's strong socially progressive influence based on the doctrine of " liberation theology " . |
| 8 | When the purchase price includes fixtures or furniture , these should be specified in detail in the draft , and if their value is substantial it is sometimes useful to agree and state the value at which they should be taken in order to reduce the consideration , and the stamp duty payable thereon , in the ultimate conveyance or transfer of the property . |
| 9 | Assume for example that Ford and General Motors between them are in a position to buy up the Great Lakes and pollute them as much as they desire in order to reduce the costs against such an action . |
| 10 | Yet paradoxically , the conditions governing award of a pension should encourage the older people to continue working in order to reduce the total cost of pensions , and thus the scheme adjusted to the differing capacities of individuals to work in old age . |