Example sentences of "and [adv] reduce [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics say the plan represents a flawed , ‘ image-above-all-else ’ , attempt by the Ministry to beef up the Prado 's revenue-generating potential , and thereby reduce State support . |
| 2 | Asset backed bonds , usually secured against pools of illiquid loans , offer financial institutions a means of removing assets from their balance sheets and thus reducing capital requirements ; but such securitisation can also be seen as a tool which facilitates the separation of the loan origination and funding function of banks . |
| 3 | The aid was part of a package drawn up by the responsible EC Commissioner , Abel Matutes Juan , as part of the EC 's contribution to economic development in the region ( in particular by creating jobs and thus reducing emigration pressures ) and of its efforts to stimulate the political dialogue with Arab countries and Israel . |
| 4 | Whereas , before nationalisation , the planning of bulk supply points from the National Grid had been constrained by complex legal and financial negotiations between the CEB and the undertakings , engineers were now able to plan the cheapest effective layout , resulting in more supply points and increased usage of the high-voltage 132kV system for energy transfer and thus reduced transmission losses . |
| 5 | For larger areas where higher speeds would thus be tolerated , there is an argument that sight-distances must be lengthened to improve inter-visibility and thus reduce accident potential . |
| 6 | Take up of set-aside and ever reducing fertiliser usage might satisfy some of the requirements of the directive in time but Mr Buchan said he hoped that farmers would take urgent note of the board 's action and start planning ahead . |
| 7 | The special internally tapered ferrule preserves the brush shape when painting , make cutting in and painting straight lines easier , and also reduces bristle loss . |
| 8 | We 've been incurring costs on two fronts , redundancy and also reducing factory stocks , short time working and this has brought down margins and profits , but the cash flow 's improving and despite poor conditions in Europe and Japan er , volume and unit value of orders is er , increasing slowly . |
| 9 | This crust prevents odours escaping and hence reduces odour emission . |
| 10 | In Britain , the Beeching Report on ‘ Reshaping the Railways ’ ( BRB 1963 ) led to a programme of closures and cutbacks that by 1968 had halved the number of stations , closed 8,000 km of route , halved the number of goods wagons and sharply reduced passenger services ; by 1970 , railway employment was less than half what it had been in 1963 . |
| 11 | Installing robots in Japan is a labour strategy born of necessity , with the particular advantages that robots work all day , produce 30 per cent more than people and drastically reduce defect rates . |
| 12 | This description of the extended professional takes some account of Stenhouse 's criticism of Hoyle 's earlier formulation which seemed to emphasise an uncritical acceptance of theory and consequently reduced teacher autonomy . |
| 13 | Anticipating claims that industrialized countries could not afford the higher costs involved , the report stressed that higher government spending would raise incomes and actually reduce budget deficits . |
| 14 | Corebyte — first used in BP 's four-well slimhole drilling programme in the Congo — provided near real-time data from Norne to optimise logging and testing operations and significantly reduce rig time . |