Example sentences of "[n mass] [conj] reduce the " in BNC.

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1 To simplify the calculation you can take the value of each regular payment as £1 and reduce the lump sum proportionally .
2 ( I 'm simplifying the calculation by taking the value of each regular payment as £1 and reducing the lump sum proportionally .
3 Hunters from the south who took thousands of whales and seals did not generally compete with the indigenous folk or reduce the food available to them .
4 Working out the details took time , but the United East India Company came into existence in 1709 , and combined the assets of the two existing companies , at the price of enlarging their loan to the government to £3.2m. and reducing the interest charged to 5 per cent .
5 Application of human recombinant bFGF ( 1–100 µg/kg/hour subcutaneously ) failed to affect the formation of acute gastric lesions induced by 100% ethanol and acidified aspirin but reduced the stress induced by gastric lesions .
6 In this situation the first entry relating to the sales is clear as we reduce the sales by £600 and reduce the bank account by £600 in respect of the refund .
7 The use of such organisms , Pickett believes , will help to overcome problems of pesticide resistance in target species and to reduce the hazards of chemical use to beneficial organisms and the environment .
8 The Commission is urging the government to allow poisoning of the grey squirrel nationwide in an effort to save the native species and to reduce the damage wreaked by grey squirrels on forests .
9 In this case we need to reduce the bank by £100 and reduce the profit and loss by £100 .
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