Example sentences of "[noun] be reduced [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN the freezer at Tesco , 4lb packs of frozen petit pois are reduced by 80p to £1.69 and 2lb packs of frozen pommes noisettes are 65p , from £1.15 . |
| 2 | Frozen chicken thighs are reduced from £2.68 to £1.98 for 3lb and Kiwi fruit are 9p instead of 15p each . |
| 3 | When the rabbit stock was reduced by myxomatosis to less than one per cent of what it had been , a number of warren systems inevitably became untenanted . |
| 4 | No less a masterwork though , as the military complexes of America and Russia are reduced by circumstances to mere personal bickering while the countdown to global destruction ( and a life of harem-shagging in coal mines for the ‘ lucky ’ survivors ) ticks relentlessly away . |
| 5 | Navy gaberdine trousers are reduced from £139 to £79 and grey flannel shirt-dresses from £159 to £99 . |
| 6 | Since the Court of Appeal judgment in the Sonia Sutcliffe case , when damages of £600,000 awarded to the wife of the Yorkshire Ripper against Private Eye were reduced by consent to £60,000 , judges have been encouraged to give general guidance to juries . |
| 7 | The 33/66MHz OverDrive Processor is now $700 , off 12.5% ; the 25/50MHz and 20/40MHz versions were reduced by $50 to $550 and $400 . |
| 8 | To sip with your meal , Tesco Spanish red wine is reduced from £2.39 to £1.99 a bottle and a 10-pack of 25cl bottles of French lager from £4.79 to £4.29 . |
| 9 | Furthermore , these figures refer to the period before the top rate of income tax was reduced from 60% to 40% , and the ‘ poll tax ’ was introduced . |
| 10 | Between 1979 and 1988 the basic rate of this tax was reduced from 33% to 25% , while the highest rate fell from 80% to 40% . |
| 11 | After the Government announcement the charge was reduced by £140 to £260 . |
| 12 | The cost of hot water is reduced in relation to the capital expenditure which can be undertaken , so that an efficient boiler system is more costly to install than a simple immersion heater , but cheaper to run . |
| 13 | AT Sainsbury 's , English matured cheddar is reduced from £2.25 to £1.99 a lb , a dozen eggs from £1.20 to 99p , a large pot of French set yoghurt from 93p to 75p , 500g of Sunflower margarine from 63p to 49p and a raspberry trifle from 42p to 36p . |
| 14 | Fillet steak is reduced from £7.48 to £6.48 a lb and Scottish salmon tail fillets from £5.39 to £4.39 a lb . |
| 15 | Fresh neck fillet of lamb is reduced by £1 to £2.99 per pound . |
| 16 | Royal Insurance reported a first half loss before tax of £79m ( v £97m ) ; its dividend was reduced from 11.25p to 2p . |
| 17 | Extra large tomatoes are reduced by 14p to 75p a lb and mixed sweet peppers are 95p a pack , down 23p . |
| 18 | BJORN BORG has a typically stubborn riposte to those saddened by the sight of one of the game 's greatest champions being reduced at times to a level barely above that of a novice . |
| 19 | Blue stilton is reduced from £2.49 to £1.99 . |
| 20 | Gearing was reduced by 3pc to 39pc . |
| 21 | By 1341 the Forest of Dean had been diminished by a quarter , and the warden 's farm was reduced from £160 to £120 . |
| 22 | On the Vale of Rheidol , the high season four train workings utilising the restored loop at Aberffrwd is reduced to Monday to Thursday in August only . |
| 23 | Fines of Ecu10m imposed by the European Court in 1986 for alleged competition infringements on poly-propylene were reduced on appeal to Ecu9m , but are still being appealed against . |
| 24 | But the other reason is that the price of foreign exchange can be raised only if the supply of domestic currency is reduced in relation to the available supply of foreign exchange . |
| 25 | When the 60-strong Troop was reduced through casualties to the 38 or so of an infantry platoon , their handling was very similar . |
| 26 | When the swing is from co-operation to conflict , the modification of one 's ends by reaction from another 's viewpoint will tend towards hate , revenge or cruelty rather than love , gratitude or pity ; by an effort to see from his viewpoint one can resist the tendency , but at the extreme point of escalation one 's ends narrow to the survival of self or kin , and the other and his destruction are reduced to means to it . |
| 27 | Finally his estate was reduced by debts to £4 net . |