Example sentences of "of reducing the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The House will recall that in the latter part of last year both my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State outlined measures to be taken by both the Government and mortgage lenders with the excellent aim of reducing the level of repossessions that were occurring at that time . |
| 2 | With so much talk of reducing the number of bombs , the weapons implications of nuclear power seem to have been forgotten . |
| 3 | More than 68,000 persons were killed and more than 2 million injured on British roads in the 10 years prior to the outbreak of war , but Tripp was able to advocate not just improvements to major roads as one way of reducing the number of fatalities and accidents , but complete road systems . |
| 4 | Mergers between these firms have had the effect of reducing the number of accountants who do not have a conflict of interest , simply because there are fewer firms . |
| 5 | Many of those proposing changes to the balloting system were opposed to opting out in principle and were really seeking ways of reducing the number of schools withdrawing from local authority control . |
| 6 | The micro-processor , enabling previously labour-intensive work to be carried out by robots , will give us greater leisure ; the leisure industry is labour-intensive ; therefore , paradoxically , instead of reducing the number of jobs , the micro-processor has actually given us the potential to create more careers than it destroys — but only if we plan the leisure it gives us in a comprehensive and professional way . |
| 7 | It is certainly one way of reducing the number of vehicles on the road . |
| 8 | However , as with the magnification of print by lenses or low vision aids , enlarged print has the disadvantage of reducing the number of words or even letters that can be glimpsed at one time , and therefore may reduce speed and fluency in reading . |
| 9 | We need precise and concise statements but sense must not be sacrificed to the aim of reducing the number of words . |
| 10 | We have criticised the building-up of such a huge nuclear arsenal , but my hon. Friend may have noticed that President Yeltsin is talking of reducing the number of warheads to 2,500 , which he regards as reducing to a deterrent . |
| 11 | Once that happens council officers would then be able to look at specific ways of reducing the risk of accidents in Darlington and help make the borough a safer place . |
| 12 | Trade union de-recognition is having effect of reducing the solidarity of workers and of reducing rights built up over a hundred years of trade union movement . |
| 13 | Sainsbury 's works with suppliers to find ways of reducing the use of pesticides to a minimum . |
| 14 | But content-driven curriculum is conversely always in danger of reducing the quality of transactions between teacher and child by becoming a handing-out of packages . |