Example sentences of "lead [prep] [art] reduction in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A currency union is likely to lead to a reduction in member countries ' natural rate of unemployment . |
| 2 | Officers were switched to specialist tasks leading to a reduction in police presence and visibility on the streets . |
| 3 | Strength and mobility of joints improves , and because the muscles need more energy , stored body fat is broken down and utilised , leading to a reduction in weight . |
| 4 | It was argued that the various combustion products such as soot , hydrocarbons , oxides of nitrogen , sulphate particles , and water vapour introduced directly into the stratosphere would , because of their long residence time ( months , years , decades ) , participate in photochemical reactions leading to a reduction in ozone concentration . |
| 5 | Experience has shown that increases in the cost of newspapers , magazines or books leads to a reduction in sales . |
| 6 | They increase the level of potassium in the body and this leads to a reduction in blood pressure , say researchers at Leicester General Hospital 's University Department of Medicine For The Elderly . |
| 7 | With pull-out load torque applied the system is in unstable equilibrium , since any small increase in load retards the rotor , but this now leads to a reduction in motor torque . |
| 8 | It showed not only that there was no correlation between expenditure and results but that the rather ridiculous pursuit of ideology involving child-centred education led to a reduction in standards because of the pressure on teachers . |
| 9 | This inevitably led to a reduction in staff at those locations and in Hayes . |
| 10 | Although large numbers of staff are not involved , the changes will lead to a reduction in Home Office manpower . |
| 11 | In the letter to Mr Fallon Lord Swaythling said there was no doubt that Labour 's policies about tobacco advertising and sponsorship could lead to a reduction in jobs at Rothmans in the North-East of England . |
| 12 | A spokesman for City Sites said that it did not envisage that the sale would lead to a reduction in rental income over the year . |
| 13 | It does not believe that blanket measures to reduce overall consumption , for example higher taxes or restrictions on availability , would lead to a reduction in alcohol misuse . |
| 14 | Sale et al. ( 1975 ) have suggested that increased public education about the facts of attempted suicide , as opposed to commonly held beliefs , might contribute to the development of less favourable attitudes , which in turn might lead to a reduction in suicide attempts . |
| 15 | Strict enforcement of speed limits on motorways and other main roads in Britain would lead to a reduction in fuel consumption which would in turn reduce the country 's pollution problems , according to the environmental consultancy Earth Resources Research . |
| 16 | The epidemiological evidence presented in this paper and elsewhere suggests that P cepacia is transmissible between individuals by direct or indirect routes , that some individuals experience a change in clinical condition after acquisition of the infection , and that policies of segregation within CF centres have led to a reduction in incidence of P cepacia colonisation . |
| 17 | The significant changes initiated in 1976 have led to a reduction in government expenditure . |
| 18 | This has largely led to a reduction in overall-activity , but the control of mosquitoes by means of insecticide retains its prominence . |
| 19 | The fear is that stretched resources have led to a reduction in places specifically for the most troubled children . |
| 20 | ‘ Secondly , taste : excessive production and cultivation methods have led to a reduction in flavour . |
| 21 | Some 12 per cent of the world 's cultivated land is irrigated , of which more than half is affected to some extent by these problems which inevitably lead to a reduction in crop productivity , the very factor that such schemes were established to increase salinisation and waterlogging are particularly significant in arid and semiarid regions where irrigation is necessary for agriculture , and while they are important in developed nations , they are fast becoming major environmental problems in many developing nations . |
| 22 | This could undermine the enterprise economy and lead to a reduction in consumer choice . |