Example sentences of "[adj] to reduce [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resistor R5 reduces this flow a little , so that a small percentage is fed back to pin 2 to reduce the a.c. gain of the op.amp . |
| 2 | It would have been more sensible to reduce the period span of the book , especially as Eccleshall himself acknowledges that Conservatism in its recognizably ‘ modern ’ form did not emerge until the early nineteenth century . |
| 3 | Be receptive to feedback from your audience and be willing to reduce the length and detail of argument if interest and attention begin to drift . |
| 4 | Until now , we have avoided this to reduce the risk of the blades striking the boom during the process of learning to hover . |
| 5 | As we said in section 2.3 , we should expect this to reduce the cost and increase the volume of lending and borrowing with possible consequences for both the balance between consumption and saving and the level of aggregate demand . |
| 6 | ‘ It would probably take a week of rain like this to reduce the forest-fire hazard . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Sawar could use the set-off effect of Rule 4.90 to reduce the debt owned to BCCI . |
| 8 | He retired only after his sixty-fifth birthday , and it proved quite simple to reduce the engine to efficient silence . |
| 9 | This type of sack can be useful if you need a pack for backpacking , weekend use and day walking , as it will have compression straps which make it easy to reduce the size . |
| 10 | Yet the government found it impossible to reduce the size of the army . |
| 11 | The therapist has to work hard to reduce the general level of anxiety and they should present as being relaxed , confident , and reassuring . |
| 12 | They may , of course , be wrong , and will then lose money , but market research is supposed to reduce the financial risks to a minimum . |
| 13 | Currently moves seem to be afoot to reduce the extent of vertical integration in gas supply , also with the aim of aiding the development of competition . |
| 14 | The Housing Act 1988 is likely to reduce the stock of public-sector dwellings substantially . |
| 15 | Therefore , if the wearing of seat belts reduces accidents , it is also likely to reduce the number of kidneys available for transplant . |
| 16 | It is true that these developments are likely to reduce the labour-capital ratios in a wide range of industries . |
| 17 | At the same time unemployment is likely to reduce the propensity of unorganised workers who are in work to become unionised for fear of antagonising their employer . |
| 18 | Spontaneous resolution is likely to reduce the ability of any trial to show differences in the effect of treatment . |
| 19 | If the foregoing is true , then prejudicing that section of industry which is most likely to reduce the unemployment numbers — the small family businesses — seems ill-advised indeed . |
| 20 | But the musical analogy also suggests that the picture of the teacher giving an interpretation of his or her own research is likely to reduce the chances of an independent viewpoint being brought to bear . |
| 21 | First , is this treatment , when successful , likely to reduce the effects of the disease , or does it have only a palliative effect , in that side effects are avoided from powerful drugs that would otherwise have to be used ? |
| 22 | For example it is hypothesised that disagreement over the budget is the most likely single cause of the breakdown of co-operative arrangements ; and that the operation of explicit ‘ codes of practice ’ governing inter-p[arty relationships is likely to reduce the tension and uncertainty inherent in hungness . |
| 23 | Under the conditions outlined above , this is likely to reduce the economic efficiency of public provision . |
| 24 | To the extent that the execution of this function may now be inhibited by financial constraints , it is the clear duty of the court to seek redress by whatever method is least likely to reduce the standard and breadth of education . |
| 25 | I dressed in black to reduce the chance of being seen and could n't believe my luck when I found that the house opposite his was unoccupied , with big bushes in the front garden that I could hide behind . |
| 26 | These regulation require that either a silencer , expansion chamber or other contrivance is fined as may be reasonable to reduce the noise . |
| 27 | In a political system in the later eighteenth century in which political position and parliamentary place were still largely a function of kinship with , or being in client status to , political notables parliamentary seats were frequently uncontested to reduce the role of opinion in the political process and to save money . |
| 28 | As polyunsaturated fatty acids are less effective in reducing blood cholesterol than saturated fatty acids are in raising it , it is better to reduce the total fat , and particularly saturated fatty acid intake , than to eat more polyunsaturated fatty acids . |
| 29 | Is it viable to reduce the leakage ? |
| 30 | There is still much to learn about this family of chemicals and it is obviously prudent to reduce the levels wherever practicable to do so . |