Example sentences of "might reduce [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | J. W. ( later Sir James ) Black , who was at that time an academic pharmacologist in Glasgow , had the idea that blocking the action of adrenaline on the heart might reduce its need for oxygen and so be beneficial in angina pectoris ( a condition in which pain arises because the oxygen supply to heart muscle is insufficient ) . |
| 2 | What is at issue is whether improved resource levels should be used to make special schools internally more satisfactory , doing what they have historically done but doing it in some sense more efficiently , or whether those resources are used in an attempt to improve the general education service in ways which might reduce its need for transferring pupils to special schools . |
| 3 | The fruits of this estate would have provided the judges ' stipends , insulating the judges from all risk that a government might reduce their pay if they offended it . |
| 4 | Graham Frater , our HMI Observer , continually reminded us of the hordes of textbook publishers who might reduce our recommendations to a series of useless exercises if we did not make our rationale abundantly clear . |
| 5 | So possibly that might reduce our costs . |
| 6 | Inadequate sums insured might reduce your premium but they will not increase you peace of mind , so please compare these figures with your Contents sum insured as shown on your renewal notice . |