Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] reduced to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reserve will be farmed in a way which benefits the bird , whose UK population has been reduced to 500 pairs , largely as a result of habitat destruction due to agricultural intensification . |
| 2 | The bowhead whale has been reduced to five per cent of its original population even though it lives in distant Arctic seas . |
| 3 | Now the Dutchman 's goal has been reduced to two clear rounds in this evening 's Modern Alarms Cup and victory in the Grand Prix . |
| 4 | Today people are wondering why a country which , according to Mr Lawson not long ago , was experiencing an ‘ economic miracle ’ , has been reduced to such public squalor — dirty , violent , congested and broken down , prone even to third-world disasters ? |
| 5 | Commenting on its figures ( page seven ) Cypress Semiconductor Corp , San Jose , says that its return to profitability in the first quarter shows that its restructuring efforts are working : headcount has been reduced to 1,394 in the quarter from 1,529 at the end of 1992 . |
| 6 | The legal authority of the Lander has been reduced to legal administrative authority by the federal administration . |
| 7 | Although this may seen like an idyllic setting , the fact that the panda 's natural habitat has been reduced to this area is enough cause for alarm . |
| 8 | The workforce has been reduced to some 6,100 . |
| 9 | While few throughout the country would still be prepared to wager against Rangers , it is interesting to note that the two main contenders have still to meet twice and that the points gap has been reduced to seven . |
| 10 | In Ivory Coast the transfer of ownership has been essentially from the foreign private investor to the local private investor : government remains the owner of 50 per cent of corporate capital ( as it has been since the 1960s ) and the foreign investors ' share has been reduced to 30 per cent , with the local private sector taking the remainder . |
| 11 | 7 Certificates at the end of the petition : ( a ) the period of search for prior petitions has been reduced to three years ; ( b ) where a statutory demand is based wholly or in part on a county court judgment the following certificate , which replaces the affidavit or county court search , is to be added : " I/We certify that on the day of 19 I/we attended on the County Court and was/were informed by an officer of the court that no money had been paid into court in the action or matter . |
| 12 | The sales forecasts amounted to 9 megabytes on Lotus , but now under Ark the amount of data has been reduced to 6 megabytes , and the number of presentation styles has increased by a factor of about four to between 10 and 12 . |
| 13 | The operations of the mind which he describes are reduced to two fairly simple activities . |
| 14 | So he 's been reduced to other expedients . ’ |
| 15 | Er , it used to be those over eighty , but it 's been reduced to those over seventy five . |