Example sentences of "[be] reduced from [num] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is proposed that HMI should be reduced from 500 inspectors to 175 . |
| 2 | Following a presidential announcement on Dec. 7 , 1989 , that national service for white adult males was to be reduced from two years to one from 1990 , Defence Minister Gen. Magnus A. Malan announced on Jan. 29 , 1990 , that the period of community service for religious objectors was being halved and that those serving a mandatory six-year prison sentence for refusing the draft would be eligible for remission of up to 50 per cent . |
| 3 | These were that the maximum speed of flights was to be reduced from 835 kmph to 778 kmph and that the amount of time permitted at the lowest level of 75 metres was to be cut from 28 to 15 minutes , with the rest of the flight being made at no lower than 150 metres . |
| 4 | Plaice catches were to be reduced from 182,700 tonnes to 176,900 , but sole catches were increased from 16,000 to 25,000 tonnes . |
| 5 | As announced in October , tax on fund managers ' fees is to be reduced from 20 p.c. to only 5 p.c . |
| 6 | The period of substitute civilian service would be reduced from 20 months to 15 months . |
| 7 | In July 1990 the government had announced that the period of national service would be reduced from 15 months to 12 months , retrospective to Oct. 1 , 1989 . |
| 8 | If -ed , -ing , -er and -tion are all compressed , the tree representing just over 70,000 words would be reduced from 2,628,928 bytes to 1,972,416 bytes . |