Example sentences of "in [noun sg] to reduce the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no rule of law or statutory provision or professional regulation which requires solicitors in partnership to reduce the terms of their agreement to writing . |
| 2 | Steps have already been taken and and others are in train to reduce the risk of such incidents ocurring again . |
| 3 | Keys in all VSAM indexes are compressed , only the distinguishing parts of the keys being stored , in order to reduce the size of index entries . |
| 4 | According to Rowthorn , multinational B 's operating unit in nation state l might be appropriated by the left government and sold off to help provide funds with which to compensate multinational A for the appropriation of its operating unit in nation state 2 ( in order to reduce the chances of direct counter-revolutionary intervention by other states ) . |
| 5 | The RSPCA 's policy has been to recommend changes in many fishing practices in order to reduce the possibility of pain . |
| 6 | In order to reduce the possibility of failure of this kind , with all its implications for staff and staff-pupil relations , Owen seeks to systematize and formalize the process of referral . |
| 7 | They aim to improve family relationships and parenting skills in order to reduce the possibility of family break-up . |
| 8 | Once all internal associations are achieved and the geometry fixed ( ie the assembly becomes a group of completed parts ) , the external associations can be re-assigned back to the assembly in order to reduce the complexity of the computational procedures . |
| 9 | The tendency is , then , for professional/client relationships to continue in the existing mode — even , as suggested earlier , pushing their interpretation of normalisation principles into line with their established practice in order to reduce the dissonance they might otherwise experience . |
| 10 | Hence other methods were tried in order to reduce the memory overheads , and comparisons were made across a number of different methods . |
| 11 | Hard solders , on the other hand , were usually of the same metal as the object they were used on , but alloyed with a few per cent of another metal in order to reduce the melting point . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Vertical equity is the different treatment of different people in order to reduce the consequences of these innate differences . |
| 14 | Even when a governor accepted the assembly 's idea of what was a grievance , his instructions from London limited his freedom of action , usually in the interests of uniformity of imperial policy — one problem was that some American colonial assemblies had Scottish rather than English ideas about divorce and the indissolubility of marriage , but the governors were instructed to veto bills allowing divorce , in order to reduce the difficulties foreseen if each different part of the empire had its own laws about marriage . |
| 15 | In order to reduce the conflict between agriculture and nature conservation in the LFAs in the UK , an upper limit on livestock per farm attracting HLCA 's could be fixed at about 50 livestock units ( 50 cattle or 333 sheep ) . |
| 16 | The general budget comprised the government budget ( some 40 per cent of the total ) and the budget for state-owned companies , due to be sold off in order to reduce the state 's role in the economy ( US$1.00=IR71.1848 as at March 19 , 1990 ) . |
| 17 | Chidzero added that in order to reduce the budget deficit — from 9 per cent of GDP in 1990/91 to 5 per cent by 1994/95 — private share-holdings would be allowed in state companies and subsidies for loss-making public enterprises would be phased out . |
| 18 | In order to reduce the publicity surrounding the affair , and to minimize its importance , the government decided simply to exile the Prince to the United States of America , thus avoiding a show trial . |
| 19 | Nor should remedial discretion be used as a way of discouraging applications for judicial review in order to reduce the Crown Office List to manageable proportions . |
| 20 | In order to reduce the likelihood of this happening Hearsay-II ( unlike HWIM ) used initial islands consisting of word pairs rather than single words . |
| 21 | Under pressure and under personal attack , the planners retreated into a legalistic interpretation of their role , making much of the requirements of various Acts of Parliament most notably The Sewerage ( Scotland ) Act of 1968 which , they argued , obliged them to service all new houses , something which they could only do by concentrating properties in particular places in order to reduce the cost of such an exercise . |
| 22 | They were chosen to be infinitely large in order to reduce the problem to a one-dimensional one . |
| 23 | In talks on Oct. 10 between the governing coalition parties and the opposition Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's proposals to amend Article 16 of the Constitution in order to reduce the numbers of asylum-seekers ( which were opposed by the opposition Social Democratic Party — SPD — as well as by the coalition Free Democratic Party — FDP ) were rejected . |
| 24 | Constitutional changes also figure in the public choice programme of reform in order to reduce the power of demand groups , thereby making it more difficult for bureaucrats to oversupply public goods . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Consequently , an active programme of asset disposals has been under way over the last year in order to reduce the group 's high level of debt , which was the result of decisions to develop new oil and gas fields over the last few years , as well as the additional debt burden inherited following the acquisition of Ultramar . |
| 27 | Workmen wore special boots made without nails , and horses used for haulage were shod with copper rather than iron , in order to reduce the risk from flying sparks . |
| 28 | It is currently being tested for use in an aerosolised form which delivers a lower total dose of the drug directly to the lungs , in order to reduce the risk of side effects . |
| 29 | If your cheque book is lost or stolen , let your bank know immediately in order to reduce the risk of fraud on your account . |
| 30 | Curtains that have linings sewn in will require dry cleaning in order to reduce the risk of lining and curtain fabric shrinking at different rates . |