Example sentences of "[adv] reduce [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that new buildings would often incorporate , for example , safety-oriented features such as computer-controlled fire alarm and sprinkler systems which not only reduced the risk of fire but , when fire did break out , ensured it was containable until the emergency services arrived . |
| 2 | But in addition to fuel , the UK greatly reduced the dependence on food imports that had characterized ‘ the workshop of the world ’ . |
| 3 | Even more interesting was the fact that over 300 cars were parked at the Park and Ride facility at Harman 's Cross which obviously reduced the level of traffic along the road to Swanage by that amount . |
| 4 | The form that literary studies had taken during the second half of the nineteenth century , positivism , was , as we saw in the Introduction , largely based on the genetic approach ; critics , or rather scholars , concentrated their energies on uncovering the sources and genesis of particular works , and the role of biography , history and history of ideas in these genetic studies obviously reduced the importance of literature itself in literary scholarship . |
| 5 | The field behaves as if it had been presented simultaneously with the target display , and so reduces the contrast between target contours and their background ( that is , the target contours will look grey rather than black ) . |
| 6 | Keep a little box of french chalk or talc handy to keep your hands ‘ lubricated ’ so that the skin slides as easily as possible over the handles , and so reduces the likelihood of friction . |
| 7 | Recombinant schistosome glutathione-S-transferase , which confers only a partial resistance to infection , induces a potent anti-fecundity immune response that dramatically reduces the number and viability of eggs produced by female parasites , and so reduces the risk of transmission and the pathology associated with infection ( A. Capron , Pasteur-Lille ) . |
| 8 | In the first year you should keep your livestock rate very low ; this greatly reduces the chance of disease and ensures adequate winter fodder . |
| 9 | A high freezing level greatly reduces the risk of shower developing . |
| 10 | This obviously reduces the value of croft land , including its value as security . |
| 11 | Standing upright , he says , naturally reduces the amount of body mass exposed to the Sun 's rays in an equatorial landscape . |
| 12 | It is less easy to see , for instance , how the meaning of a loss such as bereavement could be so readily reinterpreted , or whether such attempts do much to reduce the risk of depression . |
| 13 | Denials had to be issued , if only to reduce the risk of libel . |
| 14 | Combined regimens have greatly reduced the incidence of poliomyelitis in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza , but the cost and complexities of this schedule have precluded use of both vaccines in other developing countries . |
| 15 | This has greatly reduced the amount of paperwork involved and allowed individual outlets to improve standards of service . |
| 16 | When banks withdraw funds , the Bank of England relieves the resulting discount market shortage at that rate of interest which it thinks appropriate , nudging rates upwards perhaps to reduce the demand for bank lending or lowering them to counteract a rising exchange rate . |
| 17 | Clinicians could perhaps reduce the transmission of anxiety to disabled or ill children by more positive reassurance and support to their parents , and by helping parents whose children have recovered from complications at birth to realise that they are no longer in any danger and can be treated like other children . |
| 18 | A hefty dose of common sense and a few golden rules can greatly reduce the risk of carbon monoxide in your home . |
| 19 | This will greatly reduce the risk of condensation , which can saturate the insulation , rendering it useless , and can also cause serious rot in the roof timbers . |
| 20 | Inevitably there are underlying social complexities , such as land tenure and population growth , which are contributing to the problem but there is also evidence , from locations within the drainage basin where conservation measures are being introduced , that terracing and contour farming can not only reduce the risk of erosion but also increase productivity . |
| 21 | Strays from P 1 and P 2 simply shunt the transformed supplies and , if the losses in the source transformer are low enough , merely reduce the sensitivity of measurement . |
| 22 | Structured walkthroughs should avoid the late detection of errors and flaws in logic and hence greatly reduce the risk of failure when the system is running . |
| 23 | Propulsion occurs on the back-stroke ( when the hairs are erect ) and far less energy is expended in moving the leg forward on the recovery stroke ( when the hairs collapse against the leg and so reduce the resistance to movement ) . |
| 24 | Miniature tie-clip microphones are ideal for location speech recording , as they can be positioned close to the lips of the speaker and so reduce the pick-up of background noise . |
| 25 | They prevent contamination to the hands and so reduce the risk of contact diseases . |
| 26 | The cost of transit necessarily restricts the development of these quarries , and the introduction of Railway communication would afford such facilities for despatch , and so much reduce the cost of delivery , that a large increase in the out-put [ sic ] of this mineral ( for which there is a constant demand ) would undoubtedly follow . |
| 27 | The photorefractive polymer is able to store many holograms in the same section of the material , greatly reducing the amount of space needed to store data . |
| 28 | Of all the treatments for obesity , none could be more physiological or less psychological than the operation known as jejeunoileostomy or ileal bypass , in which most of the small intestine is short circuited thus greatly reducing the amount of intestine available for absorbing food . |
| 29 | Each entire Rentokil water resistant , puncture-proof unit is completely incinerated , thus greatly reducing the risk of needlestick injuries and cross infection from HTVL III [ Aids ] and Hepatitis B as well as snake venom . |
| 30 | The Stock Exchange thus reduces the cost of capital to companies . |