Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] reduced to [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It requires a winter resting period when the temperature should be reduced to below 60°F . |
| 2 | According to the government 's privatization strategy , by 1994 the proportion of state assets should be reduced to below 50 per cent , with foreign ownership reaching 25 per cent . |
| 3 | It was originally suggested that the establishment might be reduced to as low as 50,000 to 55,000 . |
| 4 | Castner devised a process , involving the reduction of caustic soda with carbon , by which the cost could be reduced to less than one shilling a pound . |
| 5 | The party and state apparatus that was responsible for the management of the economy would be reduced to about a tenth of its present size ; and democratic practices would be revived within the CPSU , primarily through party-wide discussions and votes on major issues . |
| 6 | This material would be approximately 10 cm from the probe and 10 cm off its axis , and at this point the detector signal would be reduced to less than 5% of its value on the detector axis . |
| 7 | There is a strong possibility that it will be reduced to just another global talkshop , with a succession of world leaders vying with each other for media-rich prizes in green rhetoric . |
| 8 | He has nearly 29pc of the company , but that will be reduced to just under 21pc on flotation . |
| 9 | He has nearly 29% of the company , but that will be reduced to just under 21% on flotation . |
| 10 | After it has risen 11 m , to the ‘ historical ’ level of 391 m below sea level , the discharge will be reduced to about 1.2 billion cu.m/year to stabilise the sea 's depth . |
| 11 | At this size , the feeding can be reduced to twice over a three day period . |
| 12 | Overall , however , a good number of your executables can be reduced to as much as half their original size . |