Example sentences of "is reduced [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | your dismissal date fell after your 64th birthday , in which case the award is reduced on a sliding scale . |
| 2 | Just as with the Rogallo wing , or the single cone scoops , any lateral shift of the Flexifoil will steer the kite ; but there is a difference in that the single line attachment point allows the Flexifoil to adopt its own twist , and the angle of attack is reduced on the inside of the turn . |
| 3 | As the stamp value is printed on the envelope , the amount is reduced on the machine until the machine reaches zero . |
| 4 | These include cortisol ( which rises later in the night as the body prepares for waking and is strongly influenced by the body clock ) ; antidiuretic hormone ( which is one of the ways in which fluid formation by the kidney is reduced at night , see Chapter 6 ) ; and the male sex hormone , testosterone , as well as some of the hormones that control the reproductive cycle in women . |
| 5 | For example , the amount of the Sun 's light reaching the Earth is reduced at such times , although it is hard to guess whether or not this would be significant . |
| 6 | The surface area of a plate is reduced at a subduction zone whereas it is increased along a spreading ridge . |
| 7 | This is to increase the personal tax exemption ( the amount by which taxable income is reduced for each person in a household ) . |
| 8 | Thus the price of giving is reduced for tax payers , especially higher-rate tax payers . |
| 9 | By leaving £5,000 to ACET , however , the taxable value of your estate is reduced to £135,000 and this would give a tax saving of £2,000 . |
| 10 | occasionally one feels , as a teacher , rather like a soccer referee who , having blown his whistle for the kick-off , finds the players disconcertingly reluctant to make a move and is reduced to dribbling the ball himself furiously from end to end , scoring brilliant goals in undefended nets , while the motionless players look curiously on . |
| 11 | The five-speed has a special chamber in the rear casing accessed by a valve which opens when the oil temperature reaches 90deg C. Up to 550cc of oil is bled off into the chamber , which means the increase in depth in the main casing is reduced to 15 to 20mm . |
| 12 | Usually the most experienced crew member , and an Amphibious Engineer Class One , he can do all of the others ' jobs , and if the crew is reduced to three , due to manpower shortages or a temporary absence , he normally also drives . |
| 13 | At other times temperature is reduced to 18°C unless , using local controls , guests set temperature to their own liking . |
| 14 | Boil rapidly until the wine is reduced to about 3 × 15ml/tbsp . |
| 15 | There they are busily ferreting away food , medical supplies and weapons with which to build a new world after the current one is reduced to a moist cinder . |
| 16 | So , to get information about the effects of Chernobyl radiation on Ukrainians , the Ukrainian health ministry is reduced to begging Moscow for local medical statistics . |
| 17 | But this argument will seem less persuasive when we have discussed cases of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility : where a murder is reduced to manslaughter , the judge has a wide sentencing discretion and may , according to the facts of the case , select a determinate prison sentence , a hospital order , or life imprisonment . |
| 18 | Also receiving determinate prison sentences are those whose offence is reduced to manslaughter on a combined plea of provocation and diminished responsibility . |
| 19 | For example , in flowering plants the haploid stage is reduced to the pollen tube , derived from a haploid pollen grain that falls on the stigma of a flower and grows until it reaches and fertilizes the egg cell that lies in the flower 's ovary . |
| 20 | Henreid is reduced to standing elegantly about while Bogart and Bergman cast anguished glances at one another . |
| 21 | Sadly , because the people who run soccer are incapable of seeing further than the next television contract , the real purpose of the Taylor Report is reduced to an argument about whether or not spectators should stand or be seated . |
| 22 | Again , the camera flattens this perspective and the steepness of the incline is reduced to the viewer . |
| 23 | To alleviate this the amount taken from the stock bottle is reduced to a level which creates no discomfort and the remedy is continued using that dosage routine until an increase in dose is appropriate §282 . |
| 24 | Only one in twenty of them is reduced to a dependent life in a hospital or home : considerably more , in fact , are carers for others . |
| 25 | By bacteriological process , human waste is reduced to a purified liquid suitable for discharge . |
| 26 | The new level for AHGS drainage grants is 30% ; land cultivation grants have been withdrawn except for reseeding of existing pasture which is reduced to 30% . |
| 27 | Because of the growing expense of the festival , this year 's event is reduced to six days , opening traditionally on the Friday , but ending the following Wednesday . |
| 28 | In later years , when natural mortalities and old age have taken their toll , we may find the shoal is reduced to a dozen fish or fewer . |
| 29 | In studies of small mammal decay , it has been found that in hot climates the soft parts decay and the carcase is reduced to bone and sinew within 6–8 days ( Korth , 1979 ) . |
| 30 | The whole of the works is very satisfactorily protected by a well laid high pressure system of water mains and hydrants and what with this and the excellent brigade , the risk of excessive damage by fire is reduced to a minimum . |