Example sentences of "[adv] be reduced by " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , total success can not be guaranteed and the pigeon population may only be reduced by some 20 per cent . ’ |
| 2 | Thus Moore , Rhodes and Tyler conclude that ‘ for every 100 jobs created by regional policy , unemployment in Development Areas may only be reduced by perhaps 30 . ’ |
| 3 | Pollution levels in the city centre have been shown to be dangerously high , and these can only be reduced by encouraging a switch to more environment-friendly modes of transport . |
| 4 | Even with new developments such as lighter cars , emissions could only be reduced by 6 per cent , it says . |
| 5 | Infant mortality has already been reduced by 32% . |
| 6 | The mangrove forest in the region has already been reduced by half . |
| 7 | Interest rates , which had already been reduced by 0.5 per cent on April 1 , fell by another 0.75 per cent on April 23 , with the official discount rate falling to 3.75 per cent . |
| 8 | The ozone layer over Europe has already been reduced by 10 per cent in the last ten years , and is expected to decline at an accelerating rate . |
| 9 | Its functioning power had just been reduced by a factor of one . |
| 10 | Already trimmed by about 1m from its bloated strength in the mid-1980s , it may soon be reduced by a further 500,000 or so . |
| 11 | For example , if there is an unexpected budgetary overshoot , the labour force can effortlessly be reduced by simply not renewing employment contracts , which is why industries are succumbing to the same ruthless logic . |
| 12 | McElroy 's confusion will hardly be reduced by the preparations for his forthcoming trip to Western Europe . |
| 13 | Component stocks have also been reduced by 50% . |
| 14 | The expenses would also be reduced by the £400 in respect of the goods returned . |
| 15 | It will probably be reduced by forty percent . |
| 16 | It can , he argues , often be reduced by the application of a little thought before you start work on your latest creation . |
| 17 | It will be paid in full for a period of three years and will then be reduced by one-third each year over the subsequent three years . |
| 18 | The debt would then be reduced by a further 20 per cent in the fourth year if a three-year agreement with the IMF had run its course successfully . |
| 19 | In Holland opposition to the ambitious and unsuccessful foreign policy of King William I meant that in the quarter-century 1825 – 50 the number of missions abroad was reduced by five , while four others were downgraded and the salaries of Dutch diplomats cut by an average of a quarter . |
| 20 | The process and equipment is ten years old and manning levels had recently been reduced by 25% . |
| 21 | Army personnel would total 18,000 , and the number of troops of the former Soviet army currently stationed in the republic would therefore be reduced by 30 to 40 per cent . |
| 22 | Army personnel would total 18,000 , and the number of troops of the former Soviet army currently stationed in the republic would therefore be reduced by 30 to 40 per cent . |
| 23 | This is a right enshrined in common law and citizens ' rights may actually be reduced by so-called guarantees which limit the redress which would otherwise be available . |
| 24 | So if a forty percent deduction is made on category two , then somebody receiving thirty one pounds forty a week would actually , it would actually be reduced by twelve pounds fifty five . |
| 25 | On the other hand , the antioxidant activity of GSH peroxidase is coupled with the oxidation of GSH to GSSG , which can subsequently be reduced by GHS reductase with NADPH as the reducing agent . |