Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [be] reduced to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US Marine Mammals Protection Act of 1972 stated that : ‘ … it shall be the immediate goal that the incidental kill or serious injury of marine mammals permitted in the course of commercial fishing operations be reduced to insignificant levels approaching zero morality . ' |
| 2 | Ford management chalked up its most significant coup over working practices in 1985 when 500 job titles were reduced to 58 . |
| 3 | With the end of the Gulf war and the release of inflation figures for February showing an annualized rate of 5.9 per cent , base rates were reduced to 13.5 per cent on March 15 , and after the April figures showed that this rate of inflation had been maintained rates were further reduced to 12.75 per cent on May 16 . |
| 4 | Only the larger authorities — counties and county boroughs — were entrusted with planning powers , with the consequence that 1,441 planning authorities were reduced to 145 . |
| 5 | The chain codes are reduced to five , or fewer codes . |
| 6 | The scan times were reduced to three and five seconds and one competitor embodied 288 detectors compared with the 20 seconds and 30 detectors of EMI . |
| 7 | After April 1989 the tax relief on life assurance premiums was reduced to 12.5 per cent . |
| 8 | Most commuters managed to get through but line speeds were reduced to single figures . |