Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to reduce the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | An effort was made to clean up the water supplies , thereby helping to reduce the transmission of water-borne agents of disease : between 1972 and 1990 , almost 1 million handpump tubewells were installed in Bangladesh . |
2 | Although average 1989 wage increases , at 9.5 per cent , ran well ahead of output , they slowed down in the fourth quarter , possibly helping to reduce the budget deficit to about 75 per cent of its planned level . |
3 | Line , like stance , is therefore a fluid thing ; it is a method of positioning and repositioning yourself so that you are always trying to reduce the opponent 's opportunities . |
4 | The output from a character recogniser requires further processing to reduce the ambiguity and hence increase the accuracy of recognition . |
5 | At the same time , sensory information is continuing to arrive as more of the word is heard , and this is also serving to reduce the cohort . |
6 | Mr Empson said the association was also campaigning to reduce the burden of VAT on its 1,400 members , 300 of them in Scotland . |
7 | THE industry is now looking to reduce the cost of these units by competitive sourcing . |
8 | Meanwhile , engine design improvements are continuously helping to reduce the problem before it reaches the tail pipe . |
9 | As East Fife pushed forward hoping to reduce the deficit , they were caught on the break by Paul Tosh , who ran through to add a fourth ( 83min ) . |
10 | But they are being forced to do it by fragrant Virginia , who 's actually trying to reduce the ability of dentists to perform in the National Health Service as they want to do , and as they always have done . |
11 | While the Dutch government is actively planning to reduce the number of hospital beds , particularly those for long-stay patients , it takes little notice of the reality of mental health care in The Netherlands , cherishing various misconceptions regarding institutionalism and community care . |